"I know it's a rare privilege, but if one can really tackle something in adult life that means that much to you, then it's more rewarding than anything I can imagine."

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Source : "Andrew Wiles on Solving Fermat". The NOVA Interview, www.pbs.org. November 1, 2000.

Andrew Wiles

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“The attitude of mourning is a faithless attitude, an ignorant attitude. The more we know, the more fully we shall trust, for we shall feel with utter certainty that we and our dead are alike in the hands of perfect Power and perfect Wisdom, directed by perfect Love.”

Source : Charles Webster Leadbeater (1997). “The Other Side of Death: Scientifically Examined and Carefully Described”, Kessinger Publishing
“You either have chemistry or you don't, but a lot of what attracts me is a guy's mind and humor and talent. I need to get to know all those things before I fall for someone. I'm not a one-night-stand kind of girl. I'm a relationship girl.”
“The heart of science is measurement.”
“I do think stories are one of the best tools for communicating across any number of cultures. But I also think there are wildly successful leaders who are introverted, disciplined, lead via spreadsheets and goals, and might not "appear" to be a great leader...but in retrospect, made a massive impact.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“Good money management alone isn't going to increase your edge at all. If your system isn't any good, you're still going to lose money, no matter how effective your money management rules are. But if you have an approach that makes money, then money management can make the difference between success and failure.”
“How do I do it? I don't know how I wouldn't do it-that's the thing.”
“It's been important to cultures throughout history with the court jester and the witch doctor and the shaman - all preach the same thing.”
“Love, like light, is a thing that is enacted better than defined: we know it afterward by the traces it leaves on paper.”

Source : "Man of Fetters" by Adam Gopnik, www.newyorker.com. December 8, 2008.

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