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Knowing reality means constructing systems of transformations that correspond, more or less adequately, to reality. ↗

— Jean Piaget

#constructing #correspond #knowing #less #means

I like to go on the court and have a little bit of information about my opponent. ↗

— Mary Pierce

#bit #court #go #i #information

Mathematicians are born, not made. ↗

— Henri Poincare

#made #mathematicians

Working overseas is more difficult in that it's much more complicated to get people to open their hearts to you and to tell you information. ↗

— John Pomfret

#difficult #get #hearts #information #more

Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a format for decision making, it is a burden, not a benefit. ↗

— William Pollard

#benefit #burden #decision #decision making #format

I had changed from being a mathematician to a practicing scientist. I was increasingly embarassed that I could no longer follow some of the more modern branches of pure mathematics. ↗

— John Pople

#branches #changed #could #follow #had

Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification. ↗

— Karl Popper

#described #may #science #systematic

By providing our school districts with direct access to criminal information records, we can help ensure timely and complete information on prospective school employees. ↗

— Jon Porter

#complete #criminal #direct #districts #employees

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#fear #social-transformation #change

Even now, after whatever gains feminism has made in involving fathers in the rearing of their children, I still think virtually all of us spend the most formative years of our lives very much in the presence of women. ↗

— Reynolds Price

#children #even #even now #fathers #feminism