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In the Pythagorean system, thinking about numbers, or doing mathematics, was an inherently masculine task. Mathematics was associated with the gods, and with transcendence from the material world; women, by their nature, were supposedly rooted in this latter, baser realm. Margaret Wertheim
Mathematics Nature Women World Thinking Latter System About Masculine Supposedly Material Material World Doing Were Task Gods Rooted Realm Inherently Associated Numbers
To aid life, leaving it free, however, that is the basic task of the educator. Maria Montessori
Life Free Aid Leaving However Educator Task Basic
The British monarchy has the political and constitutional task of subtracting from the government and governors of Britain the papal and kingly airs that in America, because we have no such institution, unfortunately adhere to the president. Mark Helprin
Government Political President Adhere Constitutional Institution Because Governors Task America Unfortunately Monarchy Britain British
They would never let me be a crossing guard when I was a little kid. It would come up, I'd always raise my hand, I would never get picked . They thought I was too wild, but I knew I was responsible enough, if I was given that task. Mark Ruffalo
Me Thought Guard Too Enough Wild Kid Responsible Would Crossing Given Never Picked Knew Come Always Hand Up Task Get Little Little Kid Raise
An important task for government is to think about the future as well as to learn from the past, and the Foresight Programme, run by the Government Office for Science, helps in the development of this thinking. Mark Walport
Future Government Science Important Past Think Thinking Run About Development Well Learn Foresight Office Task Helps Programme
Working with a lot of people at the same time is a task. I really like making stuff and getting stuff done. One of the things I really liked about Facebook was that I could always move so quickly. I wrote the original application in, like, nine days at the end of January. Mark Zuckerberg
Time Facebook People Nine One Of The Things About Could Stuff Days Like Liked Wrote Always Making Lot End Quickly Task Same Done Getting Move Same Time January Really Working Original Things Application
The task ahead of us will be extremely challenging as the Tory party continue with their austerity agenda and as we continue to resolve the issues of the past and build unity, reconciliation, and equality. Martin McGuinness
Equality Will Build Party Past Unity Resolve Extremely Reconciliation Tory Issues Continue Austerity Task Agenda Us Challenging
On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. Martin Van Buren
Success Trust People Ability Arduous Sacred He Perform Know Equal Well Faithfully Expect Task Confided Predecessor Which Twice Illustrious Receiving
On 'The Simpsons,' I will say that we definitely like to comment on what's going on in the world, and we try to be funny. If we can figure out a way of being funny about it, then we've gone part of the way of accomplishing our task. Matt Groening
Funny World Try Will Gone Our Way Say Definitely Out About Part Simpsons Like Accomplishing Comment Task Going Being The Simpsons Being Funny Then Figure
The primary task of a useful teacher is to teach his students to recognize 'inconvenient' facts - I mean facts that are inconvenient for their party opinions. Max Weber
Teacher Party Recognize Facts Students Primary Opinions His Task Mean Teach Useful Inconvenient
Writing a great script - not just a good one, but a great one - is almost an impossible task. Michael Arndt
Good Great Writing Impossible Great One Great Script Almost Task Just Script
I make my films because I'm affected by a situation, by something that makes me want to reflect on it, that lends itself to an artistic reflection. I always aim to look directly at what I'm dealing with. I think it's a task of dramatic art to confront us with things that in the entertainment industry are usually swept under the rug. Michael Haneke
Art Me Entertainment Reflection Reflect Situation Think Films Aim Rug Dramatic Entertainment Industry Something Directly Look Make Industry Because Makes Dealing Always Affected Itself Task Artistic Want Lends Confront Us Swept Things
With 'Vikings,' I had the task of making these people interesting and, to a point, sympathetic. Michael Hirst
People Point Had Making Task Interesting Sympathetic
You can't control what the other athlete is going to do; you can't control anything except for your competition and how you execute the race or how you execute the task. Michael Johnson
You Competition Control Other Athlete Except Execute How Task Going Anything Race Your
Let me remind you all that the first task of American foreign policy is to reduce threats to the United States. Michael Mandelbaum
Me You First States Threats Remind Policy Reduce Foreign Foreign Policy Task American American Foreign Policy United United States
Given political history in Chile, it seemed to me that there was a critical task of consolidating a democracy and creating healthy civic-military and political-military relationships. Michelle Bachelet
Me Democracy History Political Healthy Relationships Consolidating Critical Seemed Given Political History Task Chile Creating
When you're acting, it's all about you and the person in front of you, and I think in life we forget to apply the same technique, and we get caught up in the panic of what we're trying to do - how overwhelmingly daunting the task of trying to become an actor is. Mike Colter
Life You Become Think Panic About Daunting How Caught Up Person Task Forget Get Trying Same Front Acting Actor Technique Apply
I think that to make something alive, instead of on a page, is an honorable task. And it turns me on. Mike Nichols
Me Think Honorable Alive Something Instead Make Task Page Turns
Our main task is not to see that people of great wealth add to it, but that those without much money have a greater chance to earn some. Mitch Daniels
Great People Money Wealth Add Earn Our Those See Some Main Greater Without Task Much Chance
Getting the book published and the movie made was not an easy task. But it helped. Because even though it's a difficult life to explain, I lived it. Molly Bloom
Life Book Made Difficult Though Easy Because Task Getting Movie Explain Helped Even Lived Published
The majority must be persuaded by ideology that their government is good, wise and, at least, inevitable, and certainly better than other conceivable alternatives. Promoting this ideology among the people is the vital social task of the 'intellectuals.' Murray Rothbard
Government Good Wise People Better Ideology Inevitable Other Must Promoting Vital Majority Alternatives Least Intellectuals Than Task Social Persuaded Certainly Among
Our task will be to advance Kenya's interests and ensure they are well served. Mwai Kibaki
Will Our Ensure Advance Well Task Interests Served Kenya
The process, not the results, have to be the reason a writer writes. Otherwise, creating a four-hundred-page novel is just too daunting a task. Nancy Kress
Too Otherwise Daunting Results Writer Writes Task Just Process Creating Reason Novel
Lately I've been falling asleep listening to 'Common One' by Van Morrison, specifically the song 'Summertime in England.' It's 15 minutes long, so to make it through the entire song is a real task unto itself, but Van has that emotional payoff that makes even his most tiresome songs more powerful than most people's entire catalog. Nate Ruess
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I'm throwing myself back in because I like being married. I don't want to end this whole fabulous journey alone. I want someone by my side who I love and who loves me. I've finally found somebody who's up to the task of being my wife, because I'm very high maintenance. Neil Diamond
Love Alone Myself Journey Me Wife Somebody Side Back Finally Married High High Maintenance Fabulous Someone Throwing Maintenance Like Because End Up Very Task Being Want Loves Who Whole Found
I like shelves full of books in a library, but if all books become electronic, the task of big research libraries remains the same - keep what's published in the form in which it appeared. Nicholson Baker
Library Big Become Research Books Libraries Remains Like Shelves Task Same Form Which Full Electronic Appeared Keep Published
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