"Real numbers are good if you add the word 'random'."

-- Peter Sarnak

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“The optimist sees the future as a rabbit sees the oncoming truck - getting bigger, not closer.”
“If 'freedom' means, first of all, the responsibility of every individual for the rational determination of his own personal, professional and social existence, then there is no greater fear than that of the establishment of general freedom.”
“And all this madness, all this rage, all this flaming death of our civilization and our hopes, has been brought about because a set of official gentlemen, living luxurious lives, mostly stupid, and all without imagination or heart, have chosen that it should occur rather than that any one of them should suffer some infinitesimal rebuff to his country`s pride.”
“President Reagan is a rhetorical roundheels, as befits a politician seeking empathy with his audience.”
“Janice used to say that instinct was reason in a hurry; I was not so sure about the reason part.”
“To listen only to records is a sin of narcissism. It is important to hear live music, in concert, which is a source of emotions that a record can never convey.”
“I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I've been looking for.”
“When all is said and done, the Constitution of the United States is a set of words on a piece of paper. The only way that the Constitution can protect us is if we protect the Constitution.”

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