"It is by logic that we prove, but by intuition that we discover. To know how to criticize is good, to know how to create is better."

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Source : Henri Poincare (2012). “The Value of Science: Essential Writings of Henri Poincare”, p.746, Modern Library

Henri Poincare

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“The first thing to improve society is not banning abortion, but making sure that everyone who had a child is in the best position to be able to rear it.”
“Music isn't like news, where it's what happened five minutes ago or even 10 seconds ago that matters. With music, a song from the 1960s could be as relevant to someone today as the latest Ke$ha song.”

Source : "Spotify's Daniel Ek: 'We want artists to be able to afford to create the music they want to create'". Interview with Stuart Dredge, www.theguardian.com. December 6, 2012.
“While the government can tell you that I am an innocent man, the government's letter cannot give me back my good name or my reputation.”
“I think that in a lot of readers' minds the essay is a lot more utilitarian than it is art.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“When politics and religion are intermingled, a people is suffused with a sense of invulnerability, and gathering speed in their forward charge, they fail to see the cliff ahead of them”
“No victory is irreversible, no defeat is definitive. That is what makes life worth living.”
“I'm hungry for a cold and mean character. I'd love it if someone thought I could play gritty. I want to play a baddie - someone really scary.”
“I know that stress on me mentally and physically will only help me improve not only as a human being but as a wrestler.”

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