For over an hour, Chiranjeevi, or “the immortal one”, as the actor has been known for three decades, addressed the multitude on March 10th. Except for one dreadful hush, the clamour of an estimated 400,000 was unceasing. When he attacked the corruption of AP’s ruling Congress party, it rose. When he accused the state’s main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) of neglecting the poor during its previous rule, it soared. When Chiranjeevi promised to scatter both parties in AP’s state election and India’s general one, which will be held simultaneously next month, the din was tremendous.
From Terry Eagleton's review of Richard Dawkins's The God Delusion:
What, one wonders, are Dawkins’s views on the epistemological differences between Aquinas and Duns Scotus? Has he read Eriugena on subjectivity, Rahner on grace or Moltmann on hope? Has he even heard of them?
From William Thurston's On Proof and Progress in Mathematics:
This inner motivation might lead us to think that we do mathematics solely for its own sake. That’s not true: the social setting is extremely important. We are inspired by other people, we seek appreciation by other people, and we like to help other people solve their mathematical problems.
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To think that one would have said that you have "zero observation power" seems inconceivable. And if by the slightest chance one should have happened to mention that a few times, then that one ought to retract that statement forthwith.
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