"Before you generalize, formalize, and axiomatize there must be mathematical substance."

-- Hermann Weyl

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“No revolution succeeds without sacrifice.”

Source : Diana Palmer (2014). “September Morning”, p.20, Harlequin
“Childhood is usually identified with fantasy, adventure, and dreaming. But mine didn't offer a lot of hope. I could read my future in my palm. Everything foretold: "You have no future!" A person must be very strong to keep going without hope.”
“There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God.”
“It's an excellent movie. Really excellent.”
“Happiness and health must be earned by absolute control of the emotional nature.”
“I know what it's like to have a family and not have insurance and really need it. As a comic, insurance was one of those sacrifices I made early on until I could afford it.”
“I guess it's good in a sense that it stops any of it from happening, but now you're telling me if it's Game 7 of the NBA Finals and a guy has a chance to make a play he's going to be like, 'Well, do I want this $10,000 or do I want a championship?'”
“The death of Mrs. Lincoln was a serious loss to her husband and children. Abraham's sister Sarah was only eleven years old, and the tasks and cares of the little household were altogether too heavy for her years and experience.”

Source : John George Nicolay (1922). “A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln: Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: a History ...”, p.104, Library of Alexandria

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