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Quote by George Horne

“The sharpest sting of adversity it borrows from our own impatience.”

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George Horne, a British writer, was born on November 1, 1730, and died on January 27, 1792. Known for his religious and moral writings, Horne held a significant place in 18th-century British literature. more

“Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are logic and intuition, analysis and construction, generality and individuality. Though different traditions may emphasize different aspects, it is only the interplay of these antithetic forces and the struggle for their synthesis that constitute the life, usefulness, and supreme value of mathematical science.”

Source: What is Mathematics?: An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods

“Nearly every understanding is gained by a painful struggle in which belief and unbelief are dramatically interwoven.”

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Author:Leopold Infeld

“He wakes into music the green forest-bowers.”

Spring Green Forests

Book:The literary remains of the late Willis Gaylord Clark: Including the Ollapodiana papers, The spirit of life, and a selection from his various prose and poetical writings

Source: The literary remains of the late Willis Gaylord Clark: Including the Ollapodiana papers, The spirit of life, and a selection from his various prose and poetical writings

“When you're in the thick of raising your kids by yourself, you tend to keep a running list of everything you think you're doing wrong. I recommend taking a lot of family pictures as evidence to the contrary.”

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Author:Connie Schultz

“I wanna tell the whole world about a friend of mine / This little light of mine, I'm feelin' let it shine / I'm feelin' take y'all back to them better times/ I'm feelin' talk about my mama if y'all don't mind”

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Author:Kanye West

“[My mother] always said I was beautiful and I finally believed her at some point.”

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Author:Lupita Nyong'o

“My mother taught me to be nice to everybody. And she said something before I left home. She said, 'I want you to always remember that the person you are in this world is a reflection of the job I did as a mother.'”

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Author:Jason Segel

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