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The methods of theoretical physics should be applicable to all those branches of thought in which the essential features are expressible with numbers.
Paul Dirac
Physics
Thought
Those
Features
Methods
Branches
Essential
Which
Should
Theoretical
Applicable
Numbers
God may not play dice with the universe, but something strange is going on with the prime numbers.
Paul Erdos
God
Strange
Universe
Something
Prime
Dice
Going
May
Play
Numbers
People react differently to hearing 'Procedure X has a 70 percent chance of survival' and 'Procedure Y has a 30 percent chance of death.' Phrased that way, people flock to Procedure X, even though the numbers are the same.
Paul Kalanithi
Death
Survival
People
Way
Though
Percent
React
Hearing
Same
Procedure
Even
Flock
Differently
Chance
Numbers
The Malthusian Theory - that mankind, for biological and sociological reasons, is so fertile, so fecund, that if you started out with the new continent and plenty of land for everybody, in several generations we would multiply our numbers.
Paul Samuelson
You
Everybody
Our
Several
Plenty
Out
Would
Generations
New
Continent
Fertile
Land
Mankind
Theory
Reasons
Multiply
Biological
Sociological
Started
Numbers
Nature is a numbers game. We need all the support we can get as our immune systems and health are under assault from pollution, stress, contaminated food and age-related diseases as our lifespans increase.
Paul Stamets
Health
Food
Nature
Game
Stress
Increase
Our
Systems
Immune
Support
Contaminated
Get
Diseases
Pollution
Assault
Need
Numbers
Sovereignty was not an issue in this campaign. The sovereignty numbers that were there before the campaign are still there. Sovereignty is as alive as it was. But there is work to do to convince Quebecers.
Pauline Marois
Work
Before
Alive
Still
Issue
Were
Campaign
Sovereignty
Convince
Numbers
When you look at the actual numbers, the number of people who died after 9/11 was greater than the number of people who died in 9/11, even if you are talking Americans. But you know, I don't like to talk Americans. I want to talk everybody. More innocent people died after 9/11 because of 9/11 than died in 9/11.
Penn Jillette
You
People
Innocent
Everybody
Innocent People
More
Like
Know
Look
Talk
Talking
Greater
Because
Than
American
Died
Want
After
Who
Even
Actual
Number
Numbers
There is a qualitative difference between being a minority and being a majority. Majorities are stronger under psychological pressure because numbers count. But only if they are aware of it.
Peter Abrahams
Pressure
Minority
Stronger
Only
Count
Between
Qualitative
Majority
Because
Difference
Being
Psychological
Aware
Numbers
Mattis has been sharply critical of President Barack Obama's policies on Iran and Obama's capping of troop numbers and campaign end-dates in theaters of war such as Afghanistan and Iraq. Mattis also appears to be a skeptic of the Obama-era policy of putting women into combat roles.
Peter Bergen
War
Women
President
Critical
Has-Been
Obama
Troop
Putting
Combat
Sharply
Also
Policies
Policy
Been
Iran
Iraq
Campaign
Roles
Afghanistan
Theaters
Barack
Skeptic
Appears
Numbers
I couldn't have predicted the business would be worth so much. I could see that we would have this sort of market share, but I didn't realise the numbers would be so large.
Peter Hargreaves
Business
Worth
Market
Market Share
Would
Would-Be
See
Could
Share
Sort
Predicted
Realise
Much
Large
Numbers
If migrants from other cultures arrive too fast and in numbers too great for society to absorb and integrate them, they begin to impose those cultures on the host country.
Peter Hitchens
Great
Country
Society
Too
Other
Those
Host
Absorb
Arrive
Impose
Integrate
Cultures
Begin
Them
Fast
Numbers
And books that were published in much larger numbers than Selfish, Little are hard to find. And publishers who wanted to publish my last few works have them stuck in limbo while new distribution ideas and legal issues and fears are blown away.
Peter Sotos
Selfish
Legal
Fears
Few
Publish
Books
Find
Distribution
Stuck
New
Ideas
Limbo
Issues
Were
Than
Blown
Blown Away
Wanted
While
Little
Them
Much
Hard
Who
Works
Away
Larger
Published
Publishers
Last
Numbers
The big challenge with Internet financial services has been that it's very difficult to get large numbers of customers to sign up for your service.
Peter Thiel
Service
Financial
Challenge
Internet
Big
Difficult
Sign
Financial Services
Has-Been
Big Challenge
Been
Up
Very
Get
Customers
Your
Large
Large Numbers
Services
Numbers
Adam and Eve are like imaginary numbers, like the square root of minus one... If you include it in your equation, you can calculate all manners of things, which cannot be imagined without it.
Philip Pullman
You
Manners
Minus
Calculate
Like
Without
Equation
Square
Cannot
Which
Root
Your
Eve
Include
Things
Adam
Imaginary
Adam And Eve
Imagined
Numbers
My brother and I became convinced that to buy and sell legally sheared vicuna hair was the only way to help the vicuna increase in numbers. If the animal becomes useful to society, people will take care of the animal; if it's not useful, they will not take care.
Pier Luigi Loro Piana
Buy
Animal
People
Care
Will
Hair
Society
Increase
Way
Brother
Only
Take
Take Care
Became
Becomes
Sell
Legally
Convinced
Useful
Help
Numbers
Workers of France, it is for the freedom of the prisoners that you will go to work in Germany! It is for our country that you will go in large numbers!
Pierre Laval
Work
Freedom
You
Will
Country
Our
France
Prisoners
Go
Germany
Workers
Large
Large Numbers
Numbers
The biggest danger to the movement is that it is getting too big in sheer weight of numbers. Other sports will become more popular in terms of numbers, and everyone will want to be involved in the Olympics.
Princess Anne
Sports
Will
Big
Become
Too
Other
Everyone
Danger
More
Weight
Involved
Terms
Sheer
Getting
Movement
Want
Biggest
Popular
Numbers
Olympics
I believe in Britain and regardless of whether people voted to Leave or Remain, millions of people voting in record numbers showed they do too.
Priti Patel
People
Voting
Believe
Too
Record
Remain
Voted
Leave
Regardless
Whether
Millions
Britain
Millions Of People
Numbers
Freedom from the E.U. can only be beneficial for our country. We could finally take control of our immigration policies, introduce a fairer system, and keep numbers at a sustainable level that benefits our economy.
Priti Patel
Freedom
Benefits
Immigration
Country
Control
Beneficial
Our
Finally
System
Introduce
Only
Could
Take
Freedom From
Economy
Fairer
Policies
Sustainable
Keep
Level
Numbers
Maths is like learning a language: you need to learn the basics to get going, but a lot of adults go into blind panic about numbers and switch off.
Rachel Riley
You
Learning
Language
Panic
About
Adult
Like
Blind
Learn
Go
Lot
Off
Maths
Get
Going
Switch
Basics
Need
Numbers
I think I've nurtured the following that I have to the point where I can consistently do a certain type of numbers when I put a project out.
Raheem DeVaughn
Think
Type
Nurtured
Project
Consistently
Out
Following
Point
Put
Where
Certain
Numbers
If given an opportunity, knowing I'll play 36 minutes a night, I can perform at a high level. Spotty or inconsistent minutes, which have been the case in the past, then the numbers fluctuate.
Rajon Rondo
Opportunity
Past
Fluctuate
High
High Level
Minutes
Case
Given
Perform
Knowing
Been
In The Past
Which
Then
Play
Level
Inconsistent
Night
Numbers
'Baahubali' team is not after numbers. If we would have been number guys, we would have never made a film with such a huge budget. We just wanted to make the biggest war film of this country, but what it has achieved is amazing.
Rana Daggubati
War
Amazing
Made
Country
Would
Guys
Never
Budget
Make
Been
Huge
Just
Achieved
Wanted
After
Biggest
Team
Film
Number
Numbers
I think, for a love story, the most important element is the music, since you don't have action sequences or item numbers. It really draws in the audience and adds to at least 70 percent of the opening of the movie.
Ranbir Kapoor
Love
Music
You
Important
Love Story
Action
Think
Adds
Draws
Percent
Since
Opening
Most
Audience
Least
Item
The Most Important
Movie
Story
Really
Element
Numbers
I'm tired of people questioning me because of my age. If you looked at my numbers and watched me throw and covered my birthdate, would age be an issue?
Randy Johnson
Me
Tired
You
Age
People
Would
Throw
Looked
Because
Issue
Covered
Questioning
Watched
Numbers
If a founder has passion and innovation, he needs to be supported. I am more intuitive than a numbers person, and I recognise that not all investments are going to be positive. Some may fail, and some may have problems for other reasons. That is life.
Ratan Tata
Positive
Life
Needs
Innovation
Passion
Problems
Other
Recognise
Intuitive
Some
More
He
Investments
Fail
Supported
Am
Than
Person
Going
May
Reasons
Founder
Numbers
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