"Mathematics is an escape from reality."

-- Stanislaw Ulam

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“The scale and the brutality of our prisons are the moral scandal of American life.”

Source : "The Caging of America" by Adam Gopnik, www.newyorker.com. January 30, 2012.
“I have an affinity for Africa, especially East Africa, and Kansas looks very much like that.”
“A child is an eager observer and is particularly attracted by the actions of the adults and wants to imitate them. In this regard an adult can have a kind of mission. He can be an inspiration for the child's actions, a kind of open book wherein a child can learn how to direct his own movements. But an adult, if he is to afford proper guidance, must always be calm and act slowly so that the child who is watching him can clearly see his actions in all their particulars.”
“It was quite a shot in the head to do the album and then have it shot down by nonmusical idiots”
“Your name is Sanchez, what are you doing playing for Northern Ireland?”
“The best of wages will not compensate for excessively long working hours which undermine heath.”
“Interestingly, the actress who, in her own persona, may be gentle, shy, and socially awkward, someone whose hand trembles when pouring a cup of tea for a visiting friend, can convincingly portray an elegant, cruel aristocrat tossing off malicious epigrams in an eighteenth-century chocolate house.”
“I think it true that, you know, sometimes things start to change even before a government changes and, actually, I think you can begin to see even the Labour machine beginning to understand that it has become over-reliant on targets and processes, that local governments have been over-bossed and bullied.”

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