"The research reported on in our book "A=B", has moved a whole active field of mathematics from the province of human thought to the realm of computer-fodder. It is quite exciting to think about what other fields of pure mathematics, hitherto thought to be reserved to human intelligence, might be moved to that realm next. The goal is to put ourselves out of business completely, and the work is well underway."

-- Herbert Wilf

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“The UK has a poor investment record. According to IMF data, we have come seventh out of the top seven industrialised countries since 1999.”
“The truth of human freedom lies in the love that breaks down barriers.”
“That's what makes it so right. Your eyesâ€”your soul is there, but the rest of you is still so undefined. That's the beauty of childhood. The eyes show everything you've seen so far, but the rest of you is still so open to possibility, to whatever you might become.”

Source : Bree Despain (2011). “The Dark Divine”, p.188, Egmont UK
“All the breath and the bloom of the year in the bag of one bee; All the wonder and wealth of the mine in the heart of one gem; In the core of one pearl all the shade and the shine of the sea; Breath and bloom, shade and shine,- wonder, wealth, and-how far above them- Truth, that's brighter than gem, Truth, that's purer than pearl,- Brightest truth, purest trust in the universe- all were for me In the kiss of one girl.”
“If football taught me anything about business, it is that you win the game one play at a time.”

Source : FaceBook post by Fran Tarkenton from Oct 22, 2014
“Nature is not our enemy, to be raped and conquered. Nature is ourselves, to be cherished and explored.”
“Words, do not have twins in every language. Sometimes they only have distant cousins, and sometimes they pretend that they are not even related.”
“And so we plough along, as the fly said to the ox.”

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