"May not music be described as the mathematics of the sense, mathematics as music of the reason?"

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Source : James Joseph Sylvester, H. F. Baker (2012). “The Collected Mathematical Papers of James Joseph Sylvester:”, p.419, Cambridge University Press

James Joseph Sylvester

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“I fart in your general direction.”

Source : "Fictional character: Frenchman". "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", 1975.
“To quote a recent customer email, â€œI really appreciate your thoughtful and professional response. I donâ€™t get that a lot from customer service. Usually, itâ€™s scripted nonsense that makes it seem like Iâ€™ve done something wrong. Youâ€™ve single-handedly improved my perception tenfold. Someone there ought to give you a pay raise.”

Source : "12 Surefire Strategies to Increase Customer Loyalty". www.businessinsider.com. June 26, 2012.
“Humanism or atheism is a wonderful philosophy of life as long as you are big, strong, and between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five. But watch out if you are in a lifeboat and there are others who are younger, bigger, or smarter.”
“And as he held his first true lover against him, feeling that familiar difference in their heights and smelling that wonderful cologne, part of him wanted to debate this break up until they both gave in and kept trying. But that wasnâ€™t fair.”
“Anybody that believes in separation of church and state needs to leave right now.”

Source : "Uneasy in Babylon: Southern Baptist Conservative and American Culture". Book by Barry Hankins, 2002.
“Spain is finding it very difficult to finance itself with sovereign debt risk premium so high.”
“On one hand it's very flattering to be compared to a big success, and then sometimes it's very frustrating because you want people to see the movie that you're making and not be continually comparing it to something that it's not. So it goes both ways.”
“I don't smoke, drink alcohol well, or play games. But I watch dramas. It is hard to quit.”

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