Math Quotes - Page 31

• Writing is so wrapped up in ego, but with math one is just trying to get it right, although you're often wrong. I think math helped me become a good critic of myself, come at writing a little less personally.

  Bonnie Jo Campbell

  Writing, Thinking, Ego

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• I was very good in math and physics. In the Soviet time, we had a lot of Olympic-style competitions for different disciplines: I was always winning in my region.

  Oleg Deripaska

  Winning, Discipline, Competition

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• I got into writing and thinking about politics because I was told there would be no math.

  Jeff Greenfield

  Writing, Thinking, Would Be

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• I didn't get a Bachelor's degree - I got a Bachelor's of Fine Arts, which means I didn't have to take humanities, math, and stuff like that. I think I had to take Art History, which I failed a few times.

  Stephen Furst

  Art, Mean, Thinking

  Interview with Ken Plume, asitecalledfred.com.

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• My mother was an economics professor. I'm proficient in math, and statistics, game theory, symbolic logic and all of that.

  Dave Hickey

  Mother, Games, Statistics

  "Surfing into the Sunset". Interview with Sarah Douglas, www.vanityfair.com. October 24, 2012.

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• I hated science in high school. Technology? Engineering? Math? Why would I ever need this? Little did I realize that music was also about science, technology, engineering and mathematics, all rolled into one.

  Mickey Hart

  School, Technology, Engineering

  "There’s a Fire on the Mountain" by Mickey Hart, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 22, 2011.

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• Growing up, I found I was good at two things: Art and Math. To hear my parents say it, though, it was only, 'John is good at Math.

  John Maeda

  Art, Growing Up, Two

  "Jobs Added Art to STEM to Create Steam" by John Maeda, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 6, 2011.

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• Once you understand that there's a spiritual math, add soul to the science and subtract the riff-raff. 24-7-365, cause 9 to 5 ain't alive.

  Kool Moe Dee

  Spiritual, Philosophy, Soul

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• We cheated on our math tests, we carved some dirty words on the desk.

  Alice Cooper

  Education, Dirty, Tests

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• You can't. Do you hear me? You think you've figured something out? You run over here so pleased with yourself because you changed your mind. Now you're certain. You're so... sloppy. You don't know anything. The book, the math, the dates, the writing, all that stuff you decided with your buddies, it's just evidence. It doesn't finish the job. It doesn't prove anything.

  David Auburn

  Running, Jobs, Book

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• I love math. I have little secret number tattoos everywhere. I design them.

  Pauley Perrette

  Tattoo, Numbers, Design

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• I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too.

  Gary Lineker

  Football, Games, Would Be

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• As an undergraduate, I did maths and physics. That doesn't make me a scientist. So I try to read and understand and talk to scientists.

  Nicholas Stern

  Trying, Physics, Scientist

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• All I wanted to do was put together one of the best home maths systems in the world, and that's what we've done. I've loved numbers since I was two or three, and I get really excited about them. Now, I'm allowing myself to get excited about things. If you're doing it for a TV network or any major corporation, you have to put a lid on it a little.

  Carol Vorderman

  Home, Numbers, Two

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• I loved math. I was such a nerd! I really enjoyed working through problems and finding the solution.

  AnnaLynne McCord

  Nerd, Problem, Findings

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I did math in school, obviously. And I loved all my math teachers.

  Jayma Mays

  Teacher, School, Math Teacher

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My undergraduate degree was in history, and I wish I had been smart enough to really excel at maths, physics, chemistry or biology because... the voyagers and adventurers and real contributors - that's where they come from.

  Michael Moritz

  Real, Smart, Wish

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• I think the really cool and compelling thing about math and physics is that it opens up entry to all these hypotheticals - or at least, it gives you the language to talk about them. But at the same time, if a scenario is completely disconnected from reality, it's not all that interesting.

  Randall Munroe

  Reality, Thinking, Giving

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• All my family has very good mathematical abilities - like, so dorky. I was the dork then in school - on any maths exams I'd get 100%. I just knew how to do maths and most people would hate it, but for some reason it just came.

  Rebel Wilson

  Hate, School, People

  "‘Bachelorette’ Funny Lady Rebel Wilson: 'I pick up the roles other actresses don’t want'". Interview with Nigel M. Smith, www.indiewire.com. August 15, 2012.

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• The interaction between math and physics is a two-way process, with each of the two subjects drawing from and inspiring the other. At different times, one of them may take the lead in developing a particular idea, only to yield to the other subject as focus shifts. But altogether, the two interact in a virtuous circle of mutual influence.

  Edward Frenkel

  Circles, Ideas, Two

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• Michael Harris opens the doors and gently guides you into a magic world. Once inside, you can't help but feel mesmerized, eager to see how deep the rabbit hole goes. And no wonder: a major thinker of our time is talking to you about math and so much more, like you've never heard before.

  Edward Frenkel

  Doors, Talking, Magic

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• Where there is no math, there is no freedom.

  Edward Frenkel

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• In my teenage years I was put off the idea of a career in flying, because I'd convinced myself that you had to be a boffin with degrees in maths and physics, which were my weakest subjects.

  Bruce Dickinson

  Teenage, Years, Careers

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Who cares for Algebra?Who delights in solving math?I only want to live my lifeAlong the creative path.

  Jennifer Niven

  Creative, Who Cares, Delight

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• My background is in math and science, and I thrive on complexity, and I think lots of people do. People love puzzles; it's human nature to want to solve puzzles.

  Michael Loceff

  Thinking, People, Want

  "The Worst Day Ever". Interview with James Surowiecki, www.slate.com. January 17, 2006.

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