"Perhaps I could best describe my experience of doing mathematics in terms of entering a dark mansion. You go into the first room and it's dark, completely dark. You stumble around, bumping into the furniture. Gradually, you learn where each piece of furniture is. And finally, after six months or so, you find the light switch and turn it on. Suddenly, it's all illuminated and you can see exactly where you were. Then you enter the next dark room..."

-- Andrew Wiles

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“No man is responsible for his father. That was entirely his mother's affair.”
“In many cases, the decision to study music has robbed them of the ability to play music. They have lost respect for music that comes from within because they have been programmed to feel "unworthy".”

Source : Kenny Werner (1996). “Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within”, Jamey Aebersold Jazz Incorporated
“There is a lot of learning I have to do and a lot of growing up I have to do.”

Source : "The Open 2011: Bubba Watson regrets burbling about Parisian landmarks" by Lawrence Donegan, www.theguardian.com. July 11, 2011.
“Do not wonder that I am so religious. An artist who is not could not produce anything like this. I like praying there at the window when I look out on the green and at the sky. I study with the birds, flowers, God and myself.”
“I always did TV commercials and made great money to put myself through school. That became guest starring roles on TV shows.”
“A man of quality is never threatened by a woman of equality.”

Source : Jill Briscoe (2012). “Out of the Storm and into God’s Arms: Shelter in Turbulent Times”, p.177, CLC Publications
“An attitude of only taking what you need was built into the protocols of the Internet itself.”
“There are people in life, who show you how to live. There are people in life, who show you how to die.”

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