"It was long before I got at the maxim, that in reading an old mathematician you will not read his riddle unless you plough with his heifer; you must see with his light, if you want to know how much he saw."

-- Augustus De Morgan

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“However I am is however I am. When you see me onstage or in the press, there's not a lot of thought and calculation that goes into it.”
“I think, honestly, that a lot of people think I'm sad and dark all the time, because of the music I have made. But there's a huge part of my personality that's really energetic, outgoing and goofy.”

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“I am still the only elected president of the country.”
“Multitasking? I can't even do two things at once. I can't even do one thing at once.”
“I come from a musical kind of family.”

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“Some women have a weakness for shoes... I can go barefoot if necessary. I have a weakness for books.”
“Increasingly, our leaders must deal with dangers that threaten the entire world, where an understanding of those dangers and the possible solutions depends on a good grasp of science. The ozone layer, the greenhouse effect, acid rain, questions of diet and heredity. All require scientific literacy. Can Americans choose the proper leaders and support the proper programs if they themselves are scientifically illiterate? The whole premise of democracy is that it is safe to leave important questions to the court of public opinion-but is it safe to leave them to the court of public ignorance?”
“I do teach fiction and non-fiction, and usually I'm interested in works that confuse genre, but I'm very new to teaching creative writing, I don't have an MFA, or a PhD, I tend to approach it just through my own practice.”

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