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I finally reached the conclusion that mathematics was the study I was best fitted to follow, though I did not clearly see in what way I should turn the subject to account. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

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The time was not yet ripe for the growth of mathematical science among us, and any development that might have taken place in that direction was rudely stopped by the civil war. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

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I was in the main draw from the start, my opening match was on Court One against Jan Eric Lundquist of Sweden who was about eight in the world at the time. ↗

— John Newcombe

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That match was late evening and I had the experience of the electricity of the Centre Court because it was packed, a full house for the whole match. It had been a great year for me, first time there and I had the full taste of Wimbledon. ↗

— John Newcombe

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The most painful thing about mathematics is how far away you are from being able to use it after you have learned it. ↗

— James Newman

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It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience. ↗

— John Henry Newman

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The Theory of Groups is a branch of mathematics in which one does something to something and then compares the result with the result obtained from doing the same thing to something else, or something else to the same thing. ↗

— James Newman

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There is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws; there are things which may fairly be done, and things which may not be done. ↗

— John Henry Newman

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Every time I get a script it's a matter of trying to know what I could do with it. I see colors, imagery. It has to have a smell. It's like falling in love. You can't give a reason why. ↗

— Paul Newman

#could #every #every time #falling #falling in love

In high school, we studied a lot of poetical forms. I was really interested in the math that was involved and the strange live break ups. That gave me a great amount of respect for a rhymed stanza. ↗

— Joanna Newsom

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