"Many people suggest using mathematics to talk to……" — Seth Shostak

"Many people suggest using mathematics to talk to the aliens, and Dutch computer scientist Alexander Ollongren has developed an entire language (Lincos) based on this idea. But my personal opinion is that mathematics may be a hard way to describe ideas like love or democracy."

— Seth Shostak

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Alexander Gonzalez Inarritu is a great director. He's the one I first worked with. He's amazing. — Gael Garcia Bernal
If someone puts up the argument that King Louis gave the Romagna to Pope Alexander, and the kingdom of Naples… — Niccolo Machiavelli
I consider not what Parmenio should receive, but what Alexander should give. — Alexander the Great
My breakthrough as a reader was when I discovered the European adventure story writers - Alexander Dumas, Robert Louis Stevenson,… — Terry Brooks
Alexander Hamilton realized that warfare was part and parcel of human nature, and it's something we had to prepare for. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The Wright brothers didn't contemplate the staying on the ground of things. Alexander Graham Bell didn't contemplate the noncommunication of… — Wayne Dyer
There is more evidence that Jesus rose from the dead than there is that Julius Caesar ever lived or that… — Billy Graham
Wherever desire exists ego exists, and wherever ego exists illusion exists because ego is the greatest illusion there is. Even… — Rajneesh
We applied a very simple principle: Recognize the facts. Abortion is old as the world. Gay marriage, please - it's… — Jose Mujica
Wars between states and people seem to have existed under all historical systems for as long as we have some… — Immanuel Wallerstein
Not all gays respond to the same stuff. Would Alexander the Great have loved Auntie Mame? — Bruce Bawer
I go into my library, and all history unrolls before me. I breathe the morning air of the world while… — Alexander Smith

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