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James Joseph Sylvester

"Chemistry has the same quickening and suggestive influence upon the algebraist as a visit to the Royal Academy, or the old masters may be supposed to have on a Browning or a Tennyson. Indeed it seems to me that an exact homology exists between painting and poetry on the one hand and modem chemistry and modem algebra on the other. In poetry and algebra we have the pure idea elaborated and expressed through the vehicle of language, in painting and chemistry the idea enveloped in matter, depending in part on manual processes and the resources of art for its due manifestation."

-- James Joseph Sylvester

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“You go back to the gym and you just do it again and again until you get it right.”
“Part of him wanted to weep... but his purpose was rigid within him. He felt he could not bend to gentleness without breaking.”
“I think very few people are completely normal really, deep down in their private lives. It all depends on a combination of circumstances. If all the various cosmic thingummys fuse at the same moment, and the right spark is struck, there's no knowing what one mightn't do.”
“In old age, you realise that while you're divided from your youth by decades, you can close your eyes and summon it at will. As a writer it puts one at a distinct advantage.”

Source : "A life in books: Penelope Lively". Interview with Sarah Crown, www.theguardian.com. July 24, 2009.
“We all know many people who have been through this reality, and how it changes them. This happens to be an area I know something about. It's a virus.”

Source : "Gervais to star in 'exquisitely bad movie'" by Charlotte Higgins, www.theguardian.com. August 25, 2005.
“There are some groups that for years and years have not gotten the rights that the majority of human beings have, and it's important to continue to draw these parallels so that when we think about our future we can change some of the lives of people who love differently than we do, look different than we do, who come from a different class. It's all about bringing awareness to how important it is to be accepting of people, and there will be oppression if one group thinks they're more important or superior.”

Source : Source: www.ign.com
“The funniest people I know always seem to be the ones surrounded by darkness. And thatâ€™s probably why theyâ€™re the funniest. The deeper the pit, the more humor you need to dig yourself out of it.”
“It's been like that all spring. It's just that balls decided to hang up there. It's hard to catch it when you can't see it. But that's how it's going to be in Oakland in the afternoon anyway.”

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