"The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any creed."

-- Joseph Brodsky

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“Mathematical economics is old enough to be respectable, but not all economists respect it. It has powerful supporters and impressive testimonials, yet many capable economists deny that mathematics, except as a shorthand or expository device, can be applied to economic reasoning. There have even been rumors that mathematics is used in economics (and in other social sciences) either for the deliberate purpose of mystification or to confer dignity upon common places as French was once used in diplomatic communications.”

Source : "The World of Mathematics".
“There is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous earthquake, or an eternal fever. Besides, who would ever shave themselves in such a state?”
“If the challenge seems a bit too overwhelming, that's the one you want. Take it on & let it pull you up.”
“A stage actor has to be 10% aware of the audience as he's performing.”
“They cannot scare me with their empty spaces Between starsâ€”on stars where no human race is. I have it in me so much nearer home To scare myself with my own desert places.”
“I have, I think, afforded every opportunity that could be reasonably expected, to judge of my credibility.”

Source : Maria Monk (1837). “Awful disclosures of Maria Monk, a narrative of her sufferings in the Hotel Dieu nunnery at Montreal”, p.5
“Across the narrow beach we flit, One little sand-piper and I; And fast I gather, bit by bit, The scattered drift-wood, bleached and dry, The wild waves reach their hands for it, The wild wind raves, the tide runs high, As up and down the beach we flit, One little sand-piper and I.”
“There are always going to be more actors than anybody can ever use.”

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