"Music is part of Number Theory. Nowadays when a number-theorist applies for a grant, he says that it is good for security, but in those days, way before America, he would say that it's good for music. I will not comment whether we have progressed..."

-- Hendrik Lenstra

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“The true test of liberty is the right to test it, the right to question it, the right to speak to my neighbors, to grab them by the shoulders and look into their eyes and ask, â€œAre we free?â€ I have thought that if we are free, the answer cannot hurt us. And if we are not free, must we not hear the answer?”

Source : Gerry Spence (1999). “Give Me Liberty: Freeing Ourselves in the Twenty-First Century”, p.19, Macmillan
“The greatest thing my dad taught me came from when I called him from a phone booth and said, 'Hungry. No bus token. Please. Out of options.' He said, 'Pfft, get a job.”
“There were a couple of occasions when it was passed around - and, unlike President Clinton, I did inhale!.”

Source : Interview with Brian Cowen, Hot Press, May 23, 2007.
“The system that enables the most people to earn the most success is free enterprise, by matching up people's skills, interests, and abilities. In contrast, redistribution simply spreads money around. Even worse, it attenuates the ability to earn success by perverting economic incentives.”

Source : Interview with Kathryn Jean Lopez, www.nationalreview.com. June 23, 2010.
“I was always involved in low level motor clubs, competitions and with the Vintage Auto Association, and I believe this really helped me on my way.”
“There are a few writers that one has a relationship with that means, basically, you do whatever they say. One is Caryl Churchill, and the other is David Hare.”

Source : "Nothing is the hardest thing to do". Interview with Michael Billington, www.theguardian.com. February 12, 2003.
“My desire to experiment comes from my attention-deficit approach to cosmetics. I just get really bored, really easily.”
“Eat you inside out like stress...You hear my voice, you see my face, you know my name / I take it out your ***** and charge it to the game”

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