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It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity.
George Boole
My desk drawer is filled with all kinds of prayers.
Geraldine Ferraro
Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.
Charles Caleb Colton