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There's also a sense of freedom. I was so obsessed by this problem that I was thinking about if all the time - when I woke up in the morning, when I went to sleep at night, and that went on for eight years. ↗

— Andrew Wiles

#also #eight #freedom #i #morning

We've lost something that's been with us for so long, and something that drew a lot of us into mathematics. But perhaps that's always the way with math problems, and we just have to find new ones to capture our attention. ↗

— Andrew Wiles

#attention #been #capture #drew #find

Well, some mathematics problems look simple, and you try them for a year or so, and then you try them for a hundred years, and it turns out that they're extremely hard to solve. ↗

— Andrew Wiles

#hard #hundred #look #mathematics #out

We have no hope of solving our problems without harnessing the diversity, the energy, and the creativity of all our people. ↗

— Roger Wilkins

#diversity #energy #harnessing #hope #our

Childhood is frequently a solemn business for those inside it. ↗

— George Will

#childhood #frequently #inside #solemn #those

The problem with me is I always think I should've done better. I felt that after the World Cup final and through my whole career. ↗

— Jonny Wilkinson

#always #better #career #cup #done

We cannot solve the problem of terrorism by asserting our will on the world. ↗