"Although the prime numbers are rigidly determined, they somehow feel like experimental data."

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Source : Timothy Gowers (2002). “Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction”, p.121, Oxford Paperbacks

Timothy Gowers

#Data Quotes #Numbers Quotes #Determined Quotes

“The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still.”
“I really work. I like feeling that I've nailed it, and we've got the picture.”
“I'm very lucky. I had a great childhood.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Vegetarians are hotter then meat eaters.”
“In addition to encouraging us to participate in narratives of "deservingness" that cast large parts of our constituencies as "undeserving," legal reform strategies encourage us to valorize harmful systems that our movements should be seeking to dismantle.”

Source : "On Normal Life". Interview with Natalie Oswin, societyandspace.org. January 15, 2014.
“Acting was my first love.”
“I've had a lot of friends in the business that got out earlier than normal. They tell me they got out too early and that I should make sure I've got all I want before I step aside. When I do get out, there are other things that I want to do with my life.”
“A poor degenerate from the ape, Whose hands are four, whose tail's a limb, I contemplate my flaccid shape And know I may not rival him Save with my mind.”

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