"Mathematicians are born, not made."

-- Henri Poincare

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“Readers have no doubt noticed how seldom builders live in houses of their own construction. You will find a town or village expanding in all directions with their masterpieces of modernity in the way of houses and bungalows; but the builder himself you will usually find living nearer the heart of things, snugly and comfortably housed in some more substantial, if less convenient, building of less recent date.”

Source : Flora Thompson, H. J. Massingham (2009). “Lark Rise to Candleford”, p.308, David R. Godine Publisher
“The only genuine elite is the elite of those men and women who gave their lives to justice and charity.”

Source : "The Kennedy Family and the Story of Mental Retardation" by Edward Shorter, (p. 66), 2000.
“Earlier in this century, philanthropy often flowed from the wills of dead industrialists. In recent decades, it's as likely to have come from a very alive business leader, entertainer, artist or sports star. The most effective of these patrons begin the process of giving by asking what they care about passionately.”
“You and I have need of the strongest spell that can be found to wake us from the evil enchantment of worldliness.”
“God has marvelous ways of taking our worst tragedies and turning them into His most glorious triumphs.”
“Poverty - the one thing money can't buy”

Source : John Cooper Clarke (1983). “Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt”, Vintage
“Rejecting the miracles of Christ, we still have the miracle of Christ Himself.”
“The song is based on a lot of observation and a lot of speculation. But in sort of a pointed way its kind of about Madonna...I think it was a particular time where I was being bombarded with her image on TV and in magazines and her whole schtick kind of speaks to me in that way...like she's going through some sort of problem. It seems she's getting a bit desperate.”

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