"In the simplest array of digits [Ramanujan] detected wonderful properties: congruences, symmetries and relationships which had escaped the notice of even the outstandingly gifted theoreticians."

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Source : James R. Newman (1960). “The World of Mathematics”, p.367, Рипол Классик

James R Newman

#Simplicity Quotes #Ramanujan Quotes #Wonderful Quotes

“You must not refuse any additional cups of tea under the following circumstances: if it is hot; if it is cold; if you are tired; if anybody thinks that you might be tired; if you are nervous; if you are gay; before you go out; if you are out; if you have just returned home; if you feel like it; if you do not feel like it; if you have had no tea for some time; if you have just had a cup.”
“The intellectual process must be stirred. A feeling for knowledge for its own sake must be engendered. Learning will then be an exciting adventure which few can escape, nor will many wish to. And it will bring the spirit to a great awakening which can likely last a lifetime.”
“[T]he nags ... the national association of gals, that's our pet name for the NOW gang ... the nags are a bunch of ***** to liberalism.”
“The greatest act of self-revelation occurs when we choose what we will believe, in that space of freedom that exists between knowing that a thing is, and knowing that a thing is not.”
“I use to think all road racers were nuts. You know racing around a track at that speed.”
“As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others.”
“You can never say you're big - I don't think you can ever take anything like that for granted.”
“You find that along with the culture of death go all kinds of other law-breaking: Not following good sanitary procedure, giving abortions to women who are not actually pregnant, cheating on taxes, all these kinds of things.”

Source : Speech on the House floor, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2008.

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