"A set is a Many that allows itself to be thought of as a One."

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Source : "Infinity and the Mind". Book by Rudy Rucker, 1982.

Georg Cantor

#Mathematics Quotes

“To look at the issue of life and abortion, actually we're moving in that direction where most Americans oppose most abortions.”
“I think I'm sort of locked into the sitcom genre”
“It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without having a critic, forever, like the old man of the sea, upon his back.”

Source : Thomas Moore (1841). “Select Poetical Works”, p.55
“I was brought up with psychics and tarot cards. My mum was always told I was going to be in a boy band and be famous as a singer.”
“Absorbing. . . . Scrupulously reported . . . illuminates todayâ€™s Middle East. . . . The â€˜least interventionist of any modern president,â€™ the father of the Eisenhower Doctrine that still defines US policy in the Middle East . . . in 1956 battled demons in bodies personal and politic and in the desert â€“ and prevailed. Nicholsâ€™ book, written lean enough to allow the facts to speak for themselves, makes for exciting history.”
“That is the gods' work, spinning threads of death through the lives of mortal men, an all to make a song for those to come.”
“Once something is answered, then there's another question. Hence the eternal quest.”
“And yet as a coach, I know that being fixated on winning (or more likely, not losing) is counterproductive, especially when it causes you to lose control of your emotions. Whatâ€™s more, obsessing about winning is a loserâ€™s game: The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let go of the outcome. The ride is a lot more fun that way.”

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