"Less depends upon the choice of words than upon this, that their introduction shall be justified by pregnant theorems."

-- Carl Friedrich Gauss

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“For this purpose I determined to keep an account of the voyage, and to write down punctually every thing we performed or saw from day to day, as will hereafter appear.”

Source : Christopher Columbus, Bartolomé de las Casas (1827). “Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus to America: From a Manuscript Recently Discovered in Spain”, p.11
“Ineluctable modality of the visible; at least that if no more, thought through my eyes. Signatures of all things I am here to read.”
“I think that life is a bit like a biscuit that you only get one bite at. The best thing is to just go for it. If you feel an inclination for something, just go for it. Life is too short to muck about doubting yourself. It's better to try and just shore yourself up with some sort of confidence. And get on with it!”
“A government is not an old pair of socks that you throw away.”

Source : "The wit and wisdom of Boris", www.theguardian.com. April 23, 2007.
“Only professional mathematicians learn anything from proofs. Other people learn from explanations.”
“For the most part neoconservatives are people who were once liberals but sobered up. The neoliberal is one who has always been a liberal but now replaces the sentimental pieties with brusque slogans ("High-Tech!") and unpronounceable programs. All else stays the same.”

Source : "Meet Evangelist Tony Campolo" by John Oliver Mason, progressive.org. August 5, 2005.
“There's an enormous difference between normative white masculinity and normative black masculinity.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“I like to write about wherever I happen to be.”

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