"One can measure the importance of a scientific work by the number of earlier publications rendered superfluous by it"

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Source : Quoted in Howard Eves, Mathematical Circles Revisited (1971)

David Hilbert

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“Writing turns you into somebody who's always wrong. the illusion that you may get it right someday is the perversity that draws you on. What else could? As pathological phenomena go, it doesn't completely wreck your life.”
“People in life take on certain stories and say, 'I'm going to be defined by this story and I'm going to live up to every inch of this story.' Sometimes you realize the story isn't fulfilling you and in fact you're not living the life that you're given.”

Source : "'Castle': Stana Katic Discusses Beckett's Post-Hostage Crisis Revelation and Tolerating the Precinct's New Boss (Q&A)". Interview with Philiana Ng, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 07, 2011.
“Good ideas will always get funded, so that's not going to be a problem. But you will see that it will be harder and harder for bad ideas to get funded.”
“You shall know the truth, and it will make you odd.”
“An integral part of any relationship is knowing that you could be killed in your sleep at any time.”

Source : "Nine Inch Nails". Book by Martin Huxley, 2015.
“I'm sure the movie industry is going up but I would love to see more Chinese films about contemporary Chinese about the problems of life on the street.”
“Creativity is dynamic, it asserts life, frees the human spirit, conquers mental lassitude and illness, and makes real the outrageous potential of the universal imagination.”
“How can time be so wrong for love to come along? Catch me I'm falling for you...”

Source : Song: Catch Me I'm Falling

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