Boundaries Quote by Maryam Mirzakhani

“I like crossing the imaginary boundaries people set up between different fields - it's very refreshing.” quote by Maryam Mirzakhani — Download Open image

“I like crossing the imaginary boundaries people set up between different fields - it's very refreshing.”

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I did poorly in math for a couple of years in middle school; I was just not interested in thinking about it.

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The beauty of mathematics only shows itself to more patient followers.

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I don't give up easily.

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The most rewarding part of my work is the "Aha" moment, the excitement of discovery and enjoyment of understanding something new - the feeling of being on top of a hill and having a clear view. But most of the time, doing mathematics for me is like being on a long hike with no trail and no end in sight.…

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I don't think that everyone should become a mathematician, but I do believe that many students don't give mathematics a real chance.

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In particular, I am interested in understanding hyperbolic surfaces.

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I think the next 50 years are going to present the human race with challenges that so far exceed the limitations of geopolitical boundaries or nationalist identity. We're going to be up against challenges that we can barely fathom at this point. So how we embrace them and deal with them will define a great many things about where we…

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A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled surfaces. We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may never need to set foot in it. We need the possibility of escape as surely…

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God's Word does provide life lessons to teach us how to live. And it gives us beautiful poetry that gives voice to our human…

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While the world of reality has its limits, the world of your imagination is without boundaries

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There's always that discussion about fiction about how do you market it - these are books for boys, these are books for girls, these…

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... informed ignorance provides the natural state of mind for research scientists at the ever-shifting frontiers of knowledge. People who believe themselves ignorant of…

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I never go anywhere or do anything that transports me outside the boundaries of my mind.

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As a kid, in the Runaways, I would see the interviewers start to ask about our personal lives and what we did — and I could see the look in their eyes. They were practically frothing at the mouth. So if I answered these questions, I knew they were never gonna talk about the music. It was like that instinct…

Joan Jett

Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied.

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A language possesses utility only insofar as it can construct conventional boundaries. A language of no boundaries is no language at all, and thus the mystic who tries to speak logically and formally of unity consciousness is doomed to sound very paradoxical or contradictory. The problem is that the structure of any language cannot grasp the nature of unity consciousness,…

Ken Wilber