"A proof only becomes a proof after the social act of "accepting it as a proof"."

-- IU?. I. Manin

#Mathematics Quotes #Social Quotes #Accepting Quotes

“Thus in the beginning the world was so made that certain signs come before certain events.”
“It's funny how most activists are pacifists.”
“You are what you are, until you decide to be different.”
“They say one of the greatest forms of flattery is for your son to follow in your footsteps. And so I enjoy that greatest form of flattery, without a doubt.”
“I have loved filmed from when I was a child, but I never considered it as a future career.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“RoboCop the first movie was fantastic. But even if there was no movie, the concept of RoboCop is brilliant, first because it lends itself to a lot of social criticism, but also because it poses a question, 'When do you lose your humanity?”

Source : "Exclusive: José Padilha Shares His Take on RoboCop" by Edward Douglas, www.comingsoon.net. November 7, 2011.
“We acquire both the language and religious concepts from our immediate culture â€“ at the same time. A child cannot discriminate between useful survival information and the emotional and psychological manipulations of religion. Once infected, these ideas are deeply embedded and almost impossible to change.”
“The wisest man I ever knew taught me something I never forgot. And although I never forgot it, I never quite memorized it either. So what Iâ€™m left with is the memory of having learned something very wise that I canâ€™t quite remember.”

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