"Celestial mechanics is the origin of dynamical systems, linear algebra, topology, variational calculus and symplectic geometry."

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Vladimir Arnold

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“Acting is so much about waiting... waiting for an audition, waiting for the right part to come along. It's nice to write your own thing, write about what you're feeling and then go out and perform them. It's a nice thing to have and not get bored.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Acknowledge the complexity of the world and resist the impression that you easily understand it. People are too quick to accept conventional wisdom, because it sounds basically true and it tends to be reinforced by both their peers and opinion leaders, many of whome have never looked at whether the facts support the received wisdom. It's a basic fact of life that many things "everybody knows" turn out to be wrong.”
“The idea of voluntary segregation went against every value I had been taught. What did being born black have to do with excellence?”
“With the exception of love, friendship and the beauty of art, I don't see much else that can nurture human life.”

Source : "The Elegance of the Hedgehog". Book by Muriel Barbery, August 31, 2006.
“The Marine Corps went from 15,000, which its strength was when I was Commandant, to approximately 400,000 when I retired, and more than that afterward, without losing its individual characteristics. It was the same Marine Corps. It was not different in any respect.”
“I am reckless, yes, but not thoughtless”
“I've always wanted to sail to the South Seas, but I can't afford it. What these men can't afford is not to go. They are enmeshed in the cancerous discipline of security. And in the worship of security we fling our lives beneath the wheels of routine â€” and before we know it our lives are gone.”

Source : Sterling Hayden (2015). “Wanderer”, p.42, Pickle Partners Publishing
“Fear is a scavenger who feeds on the future; on what may be and what is possible, extending down the line of our lives.”

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