"They have the idea that non-commutative algebra should remind one of commutative algebra, but the former is more sophisticated. I believe that non-commutative algebra is just as simple, but it is different."

-- Israel Gelfand

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“The manager-leader of the future should combine in one personality the robust, realistic quality of the man of action with the insight of the artist, the religious leader, the poet, who explains man to himself. The man of action alone or the man of contemplation alone will not be enough; these two qualities together are required.”
“The early and the latter part of human life are the best, or, at least, the most worthy of respect; the one as the age of innocence, the other of reason.”

Source : Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”
“Because of television, sports columnists have become personalities. I went to a party [during Super Bowl week] and there must have been 500 people who wanted to talk to me because they saw me on TV. I've become sort of the Soupy Sales character on TV, and people do not really know me as a writer.”
“With every thought we think, we either summon or block a miracle.”

Source : Marianne Williamson (2012). “The Law of Divine Compensation: On Work, Money, and Miracles”, p.7, Harper Collins
“If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.”
“Approach the present with your heart's consent. Make it a blessed event.”
“I cannot significantly improve on the assertion that it simply is proper for us, as intelligent members of the universe, to try to look after our fellow creatures, and evil for us to do otherwise.”

Source : Colin Tudge (1993). “Last Animals at the Zoo: How Mass Extinction Can Be Stopped”, p.15, Island Press
“Fascinating, often hilarious, always devastatingly truthful, The Inconvenient Indian is destined to become a classic of historical narrative. For those who wish to better understand Native peoples, it is a must read. For those who don't wish to understand, it is even more so.”

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