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Freeman Dyson Theoretical Physicist
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"For me, science is just a bunch of tools - it's like playing the violin. I just enjoy calculating, and it's an instrument I know how to play. It's almost an athletic performance, in a way. I was just watching the Olympics, and that's how I feel when proving a theorem."

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Jane Austen Novelist
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"...I will not allow books to prove any thing." "But how shall we prove any thing?" "We never shall."

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Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher, Writer
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"The recent experiences of pocketbooks prove this. I have changed my public since my works have been published in a smaller format."

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