Quotes
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Confidence
Found this one on the FB of Maddie Hinch. ‘Confidence is not “They will like me”. Confidence is “I will be fine if they don’t”. ― Christina Grimmie
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Tequila
‘Neem het leven als Tequilla, met een tikkeltje zout.’ ― Metejoor & Snelle
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Hamiltonian words
“I have very long admired Ptolemy’s description of his great astronomical master, Hipparchus, as a labor-loving and truth-loving man. Be such my epitath.” ― William Rowan Hamilton
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Blaise Logic
“I have made this letter longer than usual because I lacked the time to make it short.” ― Blaise Pascal
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Privileged Men
If today someone calls you privileged it may well be intended as an accusation or an insult. Nothing new and unfortunately seldom done with the literary flair of George Bernard Shaw who managed to ‘insult’ a couple of less privileged professions in the same go. “Greek scholars are privileged men. Few of them know Greek…
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Royal Roads
“O King, through the country, there are royal roads and roads for common citizens, but in geometry there is one road for all.” Menaechmus (4th century BC) in answer to his pupil Alexander the Great asking for a shortcut to geometry.
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Scientific Quote 2
“Space isn’t remote at all. It’s only an hour’s drive away if your car could go straight upwards.” ― Fred Hoyle
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Scientific Quote 1
“Pick a flower on earth and you move the farthest star.” ― Paul Dirac
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