"Even the simplest calculation in the purest mathematics can have terrible consequences. Without the invention of the infinitesimal calculus most of our technology would have been impossible. Should we say therefore that calculus is bad?"

-- Stanislaw Ulam

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“Since when does absence of evidence equate to evidence of absence?”
“No one escapes being haunted by something that absolutely terrifies them to the core, but very few feel it's okay to admit what it is that haunts us.”
“You haven't yet seen me be rude. When I am it's unmistakable. - Michelle Maxwell.”
“The reader cannot see into your heart. He will know only what you tell him. Make the blind see your words. Make the hard-hearted feel. Make the deaf hear.”
“Nihil est sine ratione. There is nothing without a reason.”
“I love my music and recording people.”

Source : "5-10-15-20: Edwyn Collins". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. November 17, 2010.
“Only 4 percent of all the companies owned in Scotland have their head offices in Scotland.”
“To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others. Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.”

Source : Aung San Suu Kyi's Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. June 16, 2012.

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