"It is clear that the chief end of mathematical study must be to make the students think."

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Source : John Wesley Young, William Wells Denton, Ulysses Grant Mitchell (1930). “Lectures on fundamental concepts of algebra and geometry”

John Wesley Young

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“Most of the drug CEOs I know, they're not themselves - they're what people want them to be. It's pretty obvious of the different drug executives. They're old white men, very buttoned up. They're appropriate, so to speak. I'm a little bit more irreverent, and I'm not going to change just because I have this job.”
“If you are hardworking and determined, you will make it and that's the bottom line. I don't believe in an easy way through.”
“I can do Shakespeare, Ibsen, English accents, Irish accents, no accent, stand on my head, tap dance, sing, look 17 or look 70.”
“What is done can never be undone.”
“Wedded love is founded on esteem.”

Source : John Banks, Elijah Fenton, Colley Cibber, Edward I Young (1777). “The Albion Queens, Or the Death of Mary Queen of Scots, a Tragedy”
“Music first and last should sound well, should allure and enchant the ear. Never mind the inner significance.”
“I learned a long time ago that the last thing any woman should be thinking about is being 'skinny' or 'thin.' To me, those words imply weakness, fragility, the inability to stand firm in a storm. If you want to change your body, aim for 'athletic.' An athletic body is healthy, strong, and built to thrive. An athletic body can take many shapes.”
“I want to play a real man in all my films, and I define manhood simply: men should be tough, fair, and courageous, never petty, never looking for a fight, but never backing down from one either.”

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