"Among the minor, yet striking characteristics of mathematics, may be mentioned the fleshless and skeletal build of its propositions; the peculiar difficulty, complication, and stress of its reasonings; the perfect exactitude of its results; their broad universality; their practical infallibility."

-- Charles Sanders Peirce

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“Everyone faces challenges from the fierce competition as well as the manipulative crooks that are rampant throughout the music business.”
“I think I have learned to really get out of the mathematical side of myself that looks at story and story structure and go with, "Okay, well, what would people do in real life?"”

Source : Source: www.vulture.com
“You're trying to figure out a way to go back in time and spend more time with your father. Who wouldn't want to do that?”
“When valuing a startup, add $500k for every engineer, and subtract $250k for every MBA.”

Source : "Is Now the Time to Hire MBAs?" by Ben Horowitz, www.businessinsider.com. May 18, 2012.
“We live in a society where everything's packaged.”
“Women love firefighters so much because itâ€™s like a knight in shining armor kind of thing.”
“I believe I've spent my life expecting people to behave in a certain way. I believe that when they didn't behave according to my expectations, I became angry, sad, confused and occasionally fearful. I believe these expectations are the reason I've been angry, sad, confused and occasionally fearful more than I care to admit. As a result, I now believe my expectations are the real problem. I believe that everyone has this very same problem, and they ought to start acting accordingly.”
“I despise shows that present friendship where you're always there for each other and really strong because I don't know anyone like that. I mean, I've got great friends, but I can go months without seeing them because I think, 'I just can't deal with having to give you anything.”

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