"Mathematics may, be briefly defined as the science of quantities, and is one of the most important of disciplining studies which engage the practical student."

-- Rufus Choate

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“I'm getting old! My back hurts, I got asthma, I just been listening to Amy Winehouse, trying not to cry. Life's crazy.”

Source : "Interview: Summertime '16 With Vince Staples". Interview with Shahlin Graves, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. February 29, 2016.
“When I was young, we were quite strongly discouraged from listening to pop music. It was an uncomfortable thing, pop music; I think my parents felt threatened by it. They were always happy when they were listening to Mozart, so if your parents are happy, then you're happy.”
“I don't think Hamlet is mad, nor is he predisposed to be a gloomy or tragic figure.”
“The great thing about show business is that there's no mandatory retirement age”
“She goes where she pleases. She appears unhoped for, uncalled for. She moves through doors and walls and windows. Her thoughts move through minds. She enters dreams. She vanishes and is still there. She knows the future and sees through flesh. She is not afraid of anything.”

Source : Rachel Klein (2012). “The Moth Diaries”, Faber & Faber
“Politics is like watching football. Yes, you can see it directly on your screen, but I think a lot of people want to have some understanding of what's happening, why the play is unfolding the way it is, and I think that's where it can help them, not to render judgments but to help people make their own judgments in a more informed way.”
“Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power.”
“Great potential for personal empowerment can be found in attending to our awareness of global problems and to our understanding of how they connect with each other and with our personal lives. The process of naming the danger, saying aloud that the threats to life on earth are real, moves us from the numbness of denial to the aliveness that makes action possible.”

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