"To tell you the truth, the older I get, the less I know. I keep meeting people, both older and younger, who seem to have accrued so much more knowledge or expertise or certainty about who they are and the jobs they do. I just marvel at it."

-- Hugh Laurie

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“Doing what you love isn't a priviledge; it's an obligation.”
“This life is slow suicide, unless you read.”

Source : Herman Wouk (1980). “The Caine mutiny”, Pocket
“I know this much about racing in the rain. I know it is about balance. It is about anticipation and patience... [it is also] about the mind! It is about owning one's body... It is about believing that you are not you; you are everything. And everything is you.”
“If it is not totalitarian to arrest a man and detain him, when you cannot charge him with any offence against any written law â€“ if that is not what we have always cried out against in Fascist states â€“ then what is it?â€¦ If we are to survive as a free democracy, then we must be prepared, in principle, to concede to our enemies â€“ even those who do not subscribe to our views â€“ as much constitutional rights as you concede yourself.”
“The mind has great advantages over the body; however the body often furnishes little treats ... which offer the mind relief from sad thoughts.”
“That's me. I can be me a bit at home, but I'm kind of like a square peg in a round hole.”
“The whole apparatus of the calculus takes on an entirely different form when developed for the complex numbers.”

Source : Keith Devlin (1998). “Mathematics: The New Golden Age”, p.228, Penguin UK
“Politics is quite draining. There are so many heated discussions and press conferences to cover during a convention.”

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