"Pure mathematicians just love to try unsolved problems - they love a challenge."

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Source : "Andrew Wiles on Solving Fermat". "The Proof", episode of "NOVA", www.pbs.org. November 01, 2000.

Andrew Wiles

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“I like stubborn players. At least they have an opinion. If they are right or wrong, this doesn't matter for me.”
“My instinct is to assume that we consumers are an inconsistent bunch. We like competition if it delivers low prices, but grumble if it delivers the bad news that prices need to go up.”
“I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it.”
“That deep silence has a melody of its own, a sweetness unknown amid the harsh discords of the world's sounds.”

Source : Paul Brunton (1988). “Advanced contemplation: The peace within you”, Larson Pubn
“Daisies smell-less, yet most quaint, And sweet thyme true, Primrose, first born child of Ver, Merry Spring-time's harbinger.”

Source : Francis Beaumont (1887). “The Plays of Beaumont and Fletcher: Selected”
“I guess I was a combination of House of Pain and Bobby Brown: I was humpin' around and jumpin' around!”
“That's what got me through 65 years of life - my belief in God and what He's done for us and what He will do for us.”
“Six feet three in her stocking feet, LWren Scott was every inch a great lady.”

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