"[Math] curriculum is obsessed with jargon and nomenclature seemingly for no other purpose than to provide teachers with something to test the students on."

-- Paul Lockhart

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“If you do things out of time you're weird.”
“Forgiveness has its comforts, but it can never give you back what you've lost.”
“I'm really changed by my research. This book ["This Changes Everything" ]is very different from what I set out to write.”

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“The fact that a cloud from a minor volcanic eruption in Icelandâ€”a small disturbance in the complex mechanism of life on the Earthâ€”can bring to a standstill the aerial traffic over an entire continent is a reminder of how, with all its power to transform nature, humankind remains just another species on the planet Earth.”
“Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.”
“The religious fanatic who practices terrorism cannot be reasoned with, because there is nothing you can threaten him with, and no alternative you can offer him that is more palatable than his genuine belief that if he dies fighting you, he will be greatly rewarded in afterlife. Only swift and extreme force can stop him.”
“All the laws made for the betterment of workers' lives have their origin with the workers. Hours are shortened,wages go up, conditions are better----only if the workers protest”
“If you want to experience abundance, then don't choose a path that ensures scarcity or limitation. Choose a path that has a shot of leading to prosperity. Say no to non-prosperous choices like a job with a fixed paycheck.”

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