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• This skipping is another important point. It should be done whenever a proof seems too hard or whenever a theorem or a whole paragraph does not appeal to the reader. In most cases he will be able to go on and later he may return to the parts which he skipped.

  Emil Artin

  Science, Important, Doe

  Emil Artin (2016). “Geometric Algebra”, p.7, Courier Dover Publications

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• The Germans are incapable of any conception of greatness: proof Schumann.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Greatness, Culture, Schumann

  Friedrich Nietzsche (2004). “Why I am So Wise”, p.36, Penguin UK

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• Nothing, to my way of thinking, is a better proof of a well-ordered mind than a man's ability to stop just where he is and pass some time in his own company.

  Seneca the Younger

  Motivational, Men, Thinking

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• The very people who burst with proofs of exuberant vitality could easily be taken for prepared corpses, from whom the news of their not-quite-successful decease has been withheld for reasons of population policy. Underlying the prevalent health is death. All the movements of health resemble the reflex-movements of beings whose hearts have stopped beating.

  Theodor Adorno

  Taken, Heart, Successful

  Theodor W. Adorno, E. F. N. Jephcott (2005). “Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life”, p.59, Verso

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• The cold, mean 'Sunset Boulevard' - a beautiful title, though I suspect it was shot on another boulevard - is further proof of the resurgence of art in the Hollywood of super-craftsmen with insuperable taste.

  Manny Farber

  Beautiful, Art, Sunset

  Manny Farber (2016). “Farber on Film: The Complete Film Writings of Manny Faber: A Special Publication of The Library of America”, p.645, Library of America

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• In the first quarter of the nineteenth century the experimental proof for the interdependence of the composition and properties of chemical compounds resulted in the theory that they are mutually related, so that like composition governs like properties, and conversely.

  Wilhelm Ostwald

  Firsts, Chemicals, Century

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• No human investigation can claim to be scientific if it doesn't pass the test of mathematical proof.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Ontology, Tests, Logic

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• A good proof is one that makes us wiser.

  IU?. I. Manin

  Ontology, Logic, Certainty

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• Heaven is angered by my arrogance; my proof [of the four-color theorem] is also defective.

  Hermann Minkowski

  Color, Heaven, Arrogance

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• Mystery is an inescapable ingredient of mathematics. Mathematics is full of unanswered questions, which far outnumber known theorems and results. It's the nature of mathematics to pose more problems than it can solve. Indeed, mathematics itself may be built on small islands of truth comprising the pieces of mathematics that can be validated by relatively short proofs. All else is speculation.

  Ivars Peterson

  Islands, Ontology, May

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• If there's a God, I want to see Him. It's pointless to believe in something without proof.

  George Harrison

  God, Believe, Want

  "Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead". Book by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, 1970.

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• There is no medical proof that television causes brain damage - at least from over five feet away. In fact, TV is probably the least physically harmful of all the narcotics known to man.

  Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

  Men, Feet, Brain

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• A good argument, like a good dialogue, is always a proof of life, but I'd much rather go and read a book.

  Ali Smith

  Book, Argument, Dialogue

  "Ali Smith: Style vs content? Novelists should approach their art with an eye to what the story asks". www.theguardian.com. August 18, 2012.

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• To this day, I do not believe that five million were killed. I consider it technically impossible that could have happened. I do not believe it. I have not received proof of that up until now.

  Julius Streicher

  Believe, Impossible, Millions

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• After all, what is a kiss? A vow made at closer range, a more precise promise, a confession that contains its own proof, a seal placed on a pact that has already been signed; it's a secret told to the mouth rather than to the ear.

  Edmond Rostand

  Inspiring, Kissing, Secret

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• Gov. Romney has claimed to have created 100,000 jobs at Bain and people are wanting to know, is there proof of that claim? And was it U.S. jobs created for United States citizens?

  Sarah Palin

  Jobs, People, United States

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• You can see my guns at my apartment. The safe room is a special place... It's good to have a safe room in your house. It's storm-proof; we've got food, store supplies, all kinds of stuff.

  Luke Scott

  Gun, House, Storm

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• Fermat said he had a proof.

  Andrew Wiles

  Said

  "Andrew Wiles on Solving Fermat". The NOVA Interview, www.pbs.org. November 01, 2000.

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• There are proofs that date back to the Greeks that are still valid today.

  Andrew Wiles

  Greek, Today, Stills

  "Andrew Wiles on Solving Fermat". "NOVA", www.pbs.org. November 1, 2000.

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• For God to prove himself on demand, physically, would be a grave disappointment, and the strongest Christians should be considerably grateful that he chooses not to do so. The skeptic endlessly demands proof, yet God refuses to insult the true intelligence of man, the '6th sense', the chief quality, the acumen which distinguishes man from the rest of creation, faith.

  Criss Jami

  Christian, Atheist, Disappointment

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.80, Criss Jami

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• Let us be satisfied simply with what sustains our present life, not with what pampers it. Let us pray to God for this, as we have been taught, so that we may keep our souls unenslaved and absolutely free from domination by any of the visible things loved for the sake of the body. Let us show that we eat for the sake of living, and not be guilty of living for the sake of eating. The first is a sign of intelligence, the second proof of its absence.

  Maximus the Confessor

  Christian, Soul, Body

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• I am proof that one person can rise above any challenge, and if I can, then so will others if they are given the chance.

  Emmanuel Jal

  Challenges, That One Person, Chance

  Emmanuel Jal (2009). “War Child: A Child Soldier's Story”, p.190, Macmillan

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• I think the fact that I am living my dream and being really productive and embarking on all my lifelong aspirations is proof enough that if I can do it, anyone can. I try to tell everybody to dream big and go after their dreams.

  Elliott Yamin

  Dream, Thinking, Being Real

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• Running is many things to me: survival, calmness, euphoria, solitude. It is proof of my corporeal existence, my ability to control my movement through space if not time, and the obedience, however temporary, of my body to my will. As I run I displace air, and things come and go around me, and the path moves like a filmstrip beneath my feet.

  Audrey Niffenegger

  Running, Moving, Air

  Audrey Niffenegger (2014). “The Time Traveler's Wife”, p.152, Simon and Schuster

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• It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.

  Seneca the Younger

  Causes

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