Quotes
Authors
Hermann Franz Moritz Kopp

"The alchemists of past centuries tried hard to make the elixir of life: ... Those efforts were in vain; it is not in our power to obtain the experiences and the views of the future by prolonging our lives forward in this direction. However, it is well possible in a certain sense to prolong our lives backwards by acquiring the experiences of those who existed before us and by learning to know their views as well as if we were their contemporaries. The means for doing this is also an elixir of life."

-- Hermann Franz Moritz Kopp

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“The real work of us mathematicians, from now until, roughly, fifty years from now, when computers won't need us anymore, is to make the transition from human-centric math to machine-centric math as smooth and efficient as possible.”
“When we fall utterly, something gathers us up. But our falling must be without reservation, without expectation, without hope, though not hopeless. You cant plan that kind of falling. When you abandon yourself utterly to life, the river will flow, and the log jam will free. Impossible is another word for grace. Who wouldve thought it, life takes another turn, and you are gathered up into a whole different way of seeing and being.”
“Turn your love into promises, that when you doubt your love, you may simply ask, "Am I keeping my promises?"”
“I've always been literally a lover of the absurd. I think the absurd gives a new dimension to reality and even to common sense. And life, you know, on an everyday basis, is absurd, or may turn out to be absurd. There's no reality without absurdity.”

Source : Interview with Burgin Streetman, www.vintagechildrensbooksmykidloves.com. July 1, 2013.
“The main priority of the Socialist Party is education".”
“Making the decision to do more serious work raises eyebrows. It's less easy for the industry to deal with....”
“I wouldn't go into the studio if I didn't have a band who's ready, willing, and able.”
“Under President Barack Obama, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus has been invited into the White House and given a seat at the table. Hispanics are serving in unprecedented numbers at the highest levels of this administration, including in the Cabinet.”

Source : "Charles Gonzalez DNC speech". www.politico.com. September 4, 2012.

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