"The primes are the raw material out of which we have to build arithmetic, and Euclid's theorem assures us that we have plenty of material for the task."

-- G. H. Hardy

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“I decided to praise my son not when he succeeded at things he was already good at, but when he persevered with things that he found difficult. I stressed to him that by struggling, your brain grows. Between the deep body of research on the field of learning mindsets and this personal experience with my son, I am more convinced than ever that mindsets toward learning could matter more than anything else we teach.”

Source : "The Learning Myth: Why I’ll Never Tell My Son He’s Smart" by Salman Khan, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 19, 2014.
“I feel like in telling stories, there are the things the audience thinks are important, and then there are the things that are actually important.”

Source : "Postscript: Saul Leiter (1923-2013)" by Teju Cole, www.newyorker.com. November 27, 2013.
“If I step out too much while in the process and don't allow myself to get into it, the piece may not get made.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“What once seemed such a curse has become a blessing. All the agony that threatened to destroy my life now seems like the fertile ground for greater trust, stronger hope, and deeper love.”
“If you want to know whether you have written anything worth preserving, sing it to yourself without any accompaniment.”
“The more you walk with God, the harder it is to scrape your knee”

Source : Song: Rich Dad, Poor Dad, 2012
“People say I'm henpecked. Well, let them say it.”
“I am a night painter, so when I come into the studio the next morning the delirium is over.”

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