"If you wish to learn swimming you have to go into the water and if you wish to become a problem solver you have to solve problems."

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Source : George Polya (1981). “Mathematical Discovery”, John Wiley & Sons Incorporated

George Polya

#Swimming Quotes #Water Quotes #Wish Quotes

“It's great when people appreciate your work, but I don't know how seriously to take it. The amazing thing is that I found something so early that I can support myself doing, and that can even be extremely lucrative, but I love it either way.”
“Just as a flood-lighted temple is more beautiful in a severe storm or in a heavy fog, so the gospel of Jesus Christ is more glorious in times of inward storm and of personal sorrow and tormenting conflict.”
“So one predicts the future as much as one is cause. The future isn't a pattern laid out to abuse and bully you. The future is a beautiful playground that nobody happens to be combining. You talk about virgin territory - the most virgin territory there is, is the future. You can do anything you want with it. Nobody is doing anything with it.”
“I searched so hard for a part that was so complex”
“Recently, I haven't had too much time to read. But I love a good romance novel.”

Source : "10 Questions: Jourdan Dunn" by Yale Breslin, www.elle.com. September 25, 2012.
“Until you know who you are you canâ€™t write.”
“Women have the understanding of the heart, which is better than that of the head.”

Source : Samuel Rogers, William Maltby (1856). “Recollections of the Table-talk of Samuel Rogers: To which is Added Porsoniana”, p.121
“Courage changes things for the better...[With courage you can] stay with something long enough to succeed at it, realizing that it usually takes two, three or four times as long to succeed as you thought or hoped.”

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