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“Patriotism is a word which always commemorates a robbery.”

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George Bernard Shaw (July 26, 1856 - November 2, 1950) was an Irish-British playwright, critic, and socialist. He is renowned for his satirical and witty dramatic works. more

“On the river path in Boston beauty was most expressed as youth and intelligence. That made sense; sixty degree-giving institutions, some three hundred thousand students; that meant at least one hundred fifty thousand more nubile young women than demographics would ordinarily suggest. Maybe that was why young men stayed in Boston when their college years were over, maybe that explained why they were so intellectually hyperactive, so frustrated, so alcoholic, such terrible drivers.”

“Freedom is not a concept in which people can do anything they want, be anything they can be. Freedom is about authority.”

People Want Can Do Authority Concepts

Author:Rudy Giuliani

“All theorems have three names: a French name, a German name, and a Russian name, each nationality having claimed to discover it first. Once in a while there's an English name, too, but it's always Newton.”

Firsts Three Names Nationality Newton Theorems

Author:Arthur Mattuck

“Mathematics is the art of accurate reasoning on inaccurately-drawn figures... let that be our motto.”

Art Figures Mathematics Reasoning Accurate Motto

Author:Arthur Mattuck

“Stigler's Law: No scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer.”

Law Discovery Originals Scientific Discovery

Author:George Stigler

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