"Philosophers and psychiatrists should explain why it is that we mathematicians are in the habit of systematically erasing our footsteps. Scientists have always looked askance at this strange habit of mathematicians, which has changed little from Pythagoras to our day."

-- Gian-Carlo Rota

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“I studied political science and international relations and had the intention of becoming a journalist or work in foreign affairs. I had no intention of making a film.”
“It was the sinner that Christ came to help.”
“Nobody asks to be a hero, it just sometimes turns out that way.”
“When I look around me, I see mostly women who are alone, left by their husbands after their kids grew up, for a younger woman, which is the most common thing, or suddenly abandoned after getting married and left with young children.”

Source : Source: wordswithoutborders.org
“Well, as far as I'm concerned, I'm not here to live a normal life. I'm sent here on a mission.”
“To take the place of emigration, and with the prior approval of the FÃ¼hrer, the evacuation of the Jews to the East has become another possible solution. Although both courses of action emigration and evacuation, must, of course, be considered as nothing more than... temporary expedients, they do help to provide practical experience which should be of great importance in view of the coming EndlÃ¶sung (Final Solution) of the Jewish question.”

Source : Speech at the Wannsee Conference, Berlin, on January 20, 1942. "Why Did the Heavens Not Darken: The "Final Solution". Book by A. J. Mayer, p. 304, 1990.
“I wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still means something to me. It's still my symbol of rebellion -- against a stagnant status quo, against our hypocritical houses of God, against people whose minds are closed to others' ideas.”
“A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.”

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