"Wit is the unexpected copulation of ideas."

-- Patrick O'Brian

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“Like a stool which needs three legs to be stable, mathematics education needs three components: good problems, with many of them being multi-step ones, a lot of technical skill, and then a broader view which contains the abstract nature of mathematics and proofs. One does not get all of these at once, but a good mathematics program has them as goals and makes incremental steps toward them at all levels.”
“Hereâ€™s why I find it impossible to be a Republican: any crowd that instantly cheers the execution of 234 individuals is a crowd I want to flee, not join.”
“It was sort of just a family sport. My mom and dad were pretty keen golfers when I was young and so were my grandparents, and I just sort of tagged along with them.”
“A sloth once whispered in my ear and told me that when he is clinging to branches he closes his eyes and imagines that he's still a baby holding on to his mama.”

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“I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day.”
“There is this cat and mouse game that plays out over time where our team comes up with new and interesting ideas to identify content that we shouldn't recommend, and over time people are constantly probing that, trying to figure out how can they get around that and get a better reputation on Yelp.”
“Success is not something you achieve, conquer, climb, or complete. Success is a process; it's a way of life.”
“It's not unpatriotic to denounce an injustice committed on our behalf, perhaps it's the most patriotic thing we can do.”

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