"Most writers on the subject seem to agree that the typical working mathematician is a Platonist on weekdays and a formalist on Sundays."

-- Philip J. Davis

#Sunday Quotes #Weekdays Quotes #Statistics Quotes

“I'm just a regular guy, but if you cross me it will get physical.”

Source : "Producer-songwriter Ryan Tedder has the golden touch". www.mirror.co.uk. May 29, 2008.
“Eventually I'd love to be able to direct.”
“Sven Schumann did an interview with photographer Wolfgang Tillmans in Berlin addressing the question: What is photography today when everyone is a photographer? These kinds of questions and answers you find in a magazine, on paper and not on Instagram. For me this is the essence of a magazine - it's questioning what's going on today and celebrating true creativity without compromise.”
“The imprudent Maximus disregarded these salutary considerations: he gratified his resentment and ambition; he saw the bleeding corpse of Valentinian at his feet; and he heard himself saluted Emperor by the unanimous voice of the senate and people. But the day of his inauguration was the last day of his happiness.”
“One has a greater sense of degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.”

Source : 1890 Diary entry, 27 Sep.
“When one writer tries to silence another, he silences every writer-and in the end he also silences himself.”
“All young men want to prove themselves.”
“I just wanted them to die," said Poison. "They didn't have to make such a drama about it.”

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