"People think they donâ€™t understand math, but itâ€™s all about how you explain it to them. If you ask a drunkard what number is larger, 2/3 or 3/5, he wonâ€™t be able to tell you. But if you rephrase the question: what is better, 2 bottles of vodka for 3 people or 3 bottles of vodka for 5 people, he will tell you right away: 2 bottles for 3 people, of course."

-- Israel Gelfand

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“Increasingly, Christianity is the object of scorn and ridicule.”
“I love to travel with my family or my two best friends because I completely trust them. I forced my two best friends into learning to scuba dive with me in Sri Lanka - it was amazing but also hideous because we were learning in very difficult seas.”
“Give me a land of boughs in leaf A land of trees that stand; Where trees are fallen there is grief; I love no leafless land.”

Source : A. E. Housman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)”, p.8, Delphi Classics
“I will never tire of recommending the custom, practiced by the best architects, of preparing not only drawings and sketches, but also models of wood or any other material. These... enable us to examine... the work as a whole... and, before continuing any further, to estimate the likely trouble and expense.”
“London seems to be a town with a lot of comedy fans and people that really enjoy stand-up.”
“What I always try to do is to respond to the song; I've always rebelled against theory.”
“I've always been passionate about what I do and want to do it well, ... My wife says she's a widow to the computer.”
“We are Adam and Eve born out of chaos called creation Ribbing me gave you life yet you forget there will always be a part of me in you yes I taunted and tempted you with my forbidden fruit does that make me the serpent too? Believe what you will but if I am exiled alone I know we will be together again someday naked without shame in paradise My thanks to you for being in on my sin”

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