"My algebra was relatively poor. I found it very difficult to use equations that substituted numbers - to which I had a synesthetic and emotional response - for letters, to which I had none. It was because of this that I decided not to continue math at Advanced level, but chose to study history, French and German instead."

-- Daniel Tammet

#Math Quotes #Emotional Quotes #Numbers Quotes

“A monkey was the President, though maybe not the first. And there was peace and harmony throughout the universe.”

Source : Song: The Monkey That Became President, Album: Storyteller Poet Philosopher
“How much do people really want to learn? I mean, some people get into a groove and they stay with it indefinitely. And what starts off as a great moment of explosive passion can end up as cabaret 25, 30 years later. It just depends on whether you go and find the right habitat to extend yourself.”
“It was going to be really tough to juggle the two as far as rehab and strength training, getting the shoulder back to where it needed to be and also worrying about the weight cut. We thought as a team that the best option for me right now with the recovery was to stay at middleweight, for this fight at least. We'll see what happens after this.”
“You could have knocked me down with a fender.”
“Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships.”
“A priestess of Avalon does not lie. But I am cast out of Avalon, and for this, and unless it is all to be for nothing, I must lie, and lie well and quickly”
“Yeah, about that,â€ says Peeta, entwining his fingers in mine. â€œDonâ€™t try something like that again.â€ â€œOr what?â€ I ask. â€œOr . . . or . . .â€ He canâ€™t think of anything good. â€œJust give me a minute.”
“If a little less time was devoted to the translation of letters by Julius Caesar describing Britain 2000 years ago and a little more time was spent on teaching children how to describe (in simple modern English) the method whereby ethylene was converted into polythene in 1933 in the ICI laboratories at Northwich, and to discussing the enormous social changes which have resulted from this discovery, then I believe that we should be training future leaders in this country to face the world of tomorrow far more effectively than we are at the present time.”

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