"The best of ideas is hurt by uncritical acceptance and thrives on critical examination."

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Source : George Pólya (1957). “How to solve it: a new aspect of mathematical method”

George Polya

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“Death releases the energy into air. If a true catastrophe is looming, the disturbance becomes such that a sensitive individual may become highly troubled by it. He may be aware exactly when and where it will occur. He may see an aura around people who are soon to die. Or he may see images of the disaster beforehand...”

Source : Jed Rubenfeld (2011). “The Death Instinct: A Novel”, p.202, Penguin
“I've grown up a lot, I'm on my own, and I've learned some valuable life lessons.”
“The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician.”
“The queen was settling on the edge of the bed, ungainly with hesitation and at the same time exquisite in her grace, like a heron landing in a treetop.”
“Think about how many great works of art or game-changing ideas were ahead of their time - their creator's talent underappreciated until many years later. That's how we need to treat our young people - because who knows where the next great idea will come from?”
“Music allows a person to express their deepest thoughts, thoughts that cannot be expressed with just words. I am often asked how I begin a song or develop a melody from nothing. That is the spiritual aspect of creating. Finding something deep within yourself that can only be created by you.”

Source : "Interview with Bradley Joseph". The Spiritual Significance Of Music, World Edition (from extrememusic.org),
“I don't want people to leave the show being upset. So if I am trying to do a new joke, and sometimes I will talk about things like gun control or hostile massacre and I notice people being upset I will change the direction.”
“My agent and I put out my proposal one Thursday afternoon in August, 1998. Publishers started bidding immediately, and that process progressed for a few days.”

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