"In the Middle Age, in Germany, if you wanted to learn addition and multiplication, you could go to any university. But if you wanted to learn division, you could only do it in one place, Heidelberg. This makes sense, since in my theory with Vladimir Retakh and Robert Wilson, addition and multiplications are cheap, but division is expensive."

-- Israel Gelfand

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“There were times when i felt in a slump or lonely but i never thought of giving up”
“Once one is beyond a certain level of commitment to the sport, life begins to seem an allegory of rowing rather than rowing an allegory of life.”
“When worse may yet befall, there's room for prayer, But when our fortune's at its lowest ebb, We trample fear beneath our feet, and live Without a fear of evil yet to come.”
“I can be naked with the lights on.”
“The truths that are found in the Bible are universal truths. And it shapes who you are and guides you throughout your life.”
“I'd rather be at home with 12 people around the table.”
“Properly speaking, the unconscious is the real psychic; its inner nature is just as unknown to us as the reality of the external world, and it is just as imperfectly reported to us through the data of consciousness as is the external world through the indications of our sensory organs.”
“I always have to have a six pack or twelve pack of Entenmann's doughnuts in my house, no other brand.”

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