Clifford Truesdell

How did Biot arrive at the partial differential equation? the heat conduction equation . . . Perhaps Laplace gave Biot the equation and left him to sink or swim for a few years in trying to derive it. That would have been merely an instance of the way great mathematicians since the very beginnings of mathematical research have effortlessly maintained their superiority over ordinary mortals.

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Bette Midler

I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.

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Fidel Castro

I would not vote for the mayor. It's not just because he didn't invite me to dinner, but because on my way into town from the airport there were such enormous potholes.

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Daniel J. Boorstin

A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services.

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Marlon Brando

All I want to be is normally insane.

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William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 3 scene 3

A kind Of excellent dumb discourse.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.

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Jules Renard

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.

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Oprah Winfrey

I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.

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Aldous Huxley

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.

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