"Doing research in mathematics is frustrating and if being frustrated is something you cannot get used to, then mathematics may not be an ideal occupation for you."

-- Peter Sarnak

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“Life, Steffi has learned, carries on around the pain, making room for it, absorbing it until it becomes part of the daily fabric, wrapping itself around you and lodging itself in your heart.”
“I think there's something degrading about having a husband for a rival. It's humiliating if you fail and commonplace if you succeed.”
“I drank some boiling water because I wanted to whistle.”
“My mother died when I was young, and I was filming all the time. I was all over the place. Acting was the one constant.”

Source : "Atheism, 9/11 Conspiracy Theories, and Sheeple with Mara Wilson and Max Reuben". Interview with Zachary Stewart, www.theatermania.com. August 7, 2013.
“I work hard. I work 80-90 hours a week in part-time football.”
“I think all of our guys work hard and want to improve. They want answers, and the film will be the answer. The coaches will collect it and get better. I do not think anybody wants a rebuilding year. That's not something that I have ever said.”
“Talent must be a fanatical mistress. She's beautiful; when you're with her, people watch you, they notice. But she bangs on your door at odd hours, and she disappears for long stretches, and she has no patience for the rest of your existence; your wife, your children, your friends. She is the most thrilling evening of your week, but some day she will leave you for good. One night, after she's been gone for years, you will see her on the arm of a younger man, and she will pretend not to recognize you.”

Source : David Benioff (2008). “City of Thieves: A Novel”, p.124, Penguin
“Praying men are God's agents on earth, the representative of government of Heaven, set to a specific task on the earth.”

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