"I was an undergraduate at Princeton, and I was pressed by the math department to go on to graduate school. Actually they gave me fellowships that paid my way, otherwise I would not have been able to continue."

-- Alonzo Church

#School Quotes #Math Quotes #Goes On Quotes

“I want to be awake. I want to choose kindness, live & let live. I want joy, gratitude, and peace today.”

Source : FaceBook post by Tracee Ellis Ross from Jun 11, 2012
“If you want to write, write it. That's the first rule. And send it in, and send it in to someone who can publish it or get it published. Don't send it to me. Don't show it to your spouse, or your significant other, or your parents, or somebody. They're not going to publish it.”
“I have a theory, too, that the best and only answer to a smear or to an honest misunderstanding of the facts is to tell the truth”
“At one point, I actually, ironically, thought I might go into criminology and work with the FBI.”
“I remember the Neil Young brand hitting me very hard immediately. He wasn't an acquired taste. I loved him immediately.”
“The faces and the tactics of the leaders may change every four years, or two, or one, but the people go on forever. The people- beaten down today, yet rising tomorrow; losing the road one minute but finding it the next; their eyes always fixed on a star of true brotherhood, equality and dignity- the people are the real guardians of our hopes and dreams.”

Source : "Paul Robeson speaks: writings, speeches, interviews, 1918-1974".
“If you are completely comfortable with your life, and feeling absolutely no anxiety, then you are probably coasting, and not really growing.”
“To him who looks at the world rationally the world looks rationally back.”

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