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“When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.”
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“Grothendieck did visit Paulo’s (Paulo Ribenboim) room once, and stared thunderstruck at Paulo’s enormous pile of math books. “What on earth is all that?” “That’s what I’m going to read,” said Paulo optimistically. But Grothendieck, not much of a believer in methodical study, merely responded “I bet you’ll never read that in your whole life.”
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“The introduction of the digit 0 or the group concept was general nonsense too, and mathematics was more or less stagnating for thousands of years because nobody was around to take such childish steps...”
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“That there might not be angels, but there are people who might as well be angels.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
“Marry, and you will regret it; don’t marry, you will also regret it; marry or don’t marry, you will regret it either way. Laugh at the world’s foolishness, you will regret it; weep over it, you will regret that too; laugh at the world’s foolishness or weep over it, you will regret both. Believe a woman, you will regret it; believe her not, you will also regret it… Hang yourself, you will regret it; do not hang yourself, and you will regret that too; hang yourself or don’t hang yourself, you’ll regret it either way; whether you hang yourself or do not hang yourself, you will regret both. This, gentlemen, is the essence of all philosophy.”
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Patrick’s 2025 Year in Books
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