Sofia Kovalevskaya Quotes

Many who have had an opportunity of knowing any more about mathematics confuse it with arithmetic, and consider it an arid science. In reality, however, it is a science which requires a great amount of imagination.

Sofia Kovalevskaya

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OpportunityScienceGreatMathematics

If you do the best you can, you never have to look back.

Joe Torre

BestYouLookBackNever

I was really interested in meeting Peter Coyote.

Joel Gretsch

MeetingInterestedCoyoteReally

It turns out that popularity is scary. I don't feel comfortable receiving so much attention from people; perhaps that's because I'm just a kampong boy.

Andrea Hirata

PeopleFeelAttentionBoyScaryOut

I did a filmstrip on pollution in the Davison area as my Eagle Scout project and showed it around town. Businesses who were the polluters were mad at me.

Michael Moore

MeEagleMadScoutPollutionWho

One of the things that's influenced me musically was my experience at Brown University. I was surrounded by musicians that I really admired, and felt challenged to come up with music, lyrics, and recordings that stood up to the expectations of those musicians and myself.

Lisa Loeb

MusicMyselfExperienceMeMusicians

Art is a spirit seeking flesh but finding words.

Joseph Brodsky

ArtWordsFindingSpiritFlesh

I'm a yes person. I'm too concerned with trying to make too many people happy.

Jorja Fox

HappyPeopleTryingPersonYesMake

Complacency by the watchdogs hurts both taxpayers and beneficiaries.

Chuck Grassley

ComplacencyHurtsBothBeneficiaries

I think it's so fun when I get to work with women writers in particular because we really understand the core story or foundation as women. That's so important to me that the authenticity is there, you know, from the place that I speak from for my women. Having other females with me helps me dig deeper.

Ciara

WorkWomenFunMeSpeakThink

Geraldo has been in Lebanon. He has done some excellent reporting out of there, and of course, we now know by virtue of the president's speech on Tuesday night that the terrorist organizations that operate in that area are now on the list.

Brit Hume

NightSpeechKnowDoneNowVirtue

So many people supported me through my public life and I will never forget them.

Princess Diana

LifePeopleMeNever ForgetForget

If you're the CEO of a publicly traded company, you're worried about quarterly returns.

Peter Diamandis

YouCompanyCEOAboutWorried

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