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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others. ↗

— Andre Maurois

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All the mathematical sciences are founded on relations between physical laws and laws of numbers, so that the aim of exact science is to reduce the problems of nature to the determination of quantities by operations with numbers. ↗

— James C. Maxwell

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The numbers may be said to rule the whole world of quantity, and the four rules of arithmetic may be regarded as the complete equipment of the mathematician. ↗

— James C. Maxwell

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A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them. ↗

— John C. Maxwell

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To add value to others, one must first value others. ↗

— John C. Maxwell

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In the end, people are persuaded not by what we say, but by what they understand. ↗

— John C. Maxwell

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I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good. ↗

— Brian May

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I go through major crises every few months, but then I have great peaks of belief and creativity. I'm a weird kind of animal. ↗

— Brian May

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I had this big thing about guitar harmonies. I wanted to be the first to put proper three-part harmonies onto a record. That was an achievement. ↗

— Brian May

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I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition. ↗

— Brian May

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