"Mathematicians enjoy thinking about the simplest possible things, and the simplest possible things are imaginary."

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Source : "A Mathematician's Lament: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form". Book by Paul Lockhart, 2009.

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“Francois Hollande is an intelligent man. I do not have a problem with him. The only thing is, he has never held office at the state level. Honestly, can you imagine Francois Hollande as president of France? Imagine it!”
“If you get clear on the what, the how will be taken care of.”
“Thus, seamed with many scars Bursting these prison bars, Up to its native stars My soul ascended! There from the flowing bowl Deep drinks the warrior's soul, Skoal! to the Northland! skoal! Thus the tale ended.”
“not writing is not good but trying to write when you can't is worse.”
“My father once discovered that one cannot "walk off" gangrene.”
“It's a sad day when a cartoon is doing more and cares more and pays more attention to the environment than our president.”
“I really moved fast, bro. I don't want a big selection, because I don't want myself in between nobody else's problems, basically. Like, if I know these two people going at it, I'm not about to make a song with either one of them.”
“I have to be more universal than my projects, but no less innovative,”

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