"However impenetrable it seems, if you don't try it, then you can never do it."

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Source : "Andrew Wiles on Solving Fermat". "NOVA" Interview, www.pbs.org. November 1, 2000.

Andrew Wiles

“Brian Eno taught us how to use the Recording Studio as an instrument.”
“Genius is to other gifts what the carbuncle is to the precious stones. It sends forth its own light, whereas other stones only reflect borrowed light.”
“Chinese civilisation is so systematic that wild animals have been abolished on principle.”
“Isn't cricket supposed to be a team sport? I feel people should decide first whether cricket is a team game or an individual sport.”
“Climbing is a process - like yoga or running. We want to go to the spots where we're barely able to hold on. Those are the climbs that force us to become better athletes and grow as climbers.”

Source : Source: espn.go.com
“My handicap? Man, I am a one-eyed, black Jew! That's my handicap!”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“In India the human being is a symphonic theme. 'The people' is not a compact, close-knit concept, but a sprawling one, flowing not only into different walks of life, but into the intricately woven multi-layers of privilege, wealth, and education. 'The people' created by Gandhi is a young concept.”

Source : Nayantara Sahgal (1963). “From fear set free”
“Frying gives cooks numerous ways of concealing what appeared the day before and in a pinch facilitates sudden demands, for it takes little more time to fry a four-pound carp than to boil an egg.”

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