Shakuntala Devi quotes
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“Numbers have life; they’re not just symbols on paper.”
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“Without mathematics, there’s nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers.”
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“You develop a sympathy for all human beings when you travel a lot.”
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“Why do children dread mathematics? Because of the wrong approach. Because it is looked at as a subject.”
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“I relax completely when I'm at rest. I don't think of numbers; I don't think of work.”
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“I have written a book called 'In the Wonderland of Numbers.' It's about a young girl, Neha, who is very poor in mathematics, but in a series of illusory experiences, she becomes a great mathematician.”
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“Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It's about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life.”
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“Immorality does not consist in being different. It consists in not allowing others to be so.”
-- Shakuntala DeviSource : Shakuntala Devi (1977). “The world of homosexuals”, Lawrence Verry Incorporated
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“If you do not use a muscle or any part of the body, it tends to become atrophic. So is the case with the brain. The more you use it, the better it becomes.”
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“Without mathematics, there’s nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers.”
-- Shakuntala Devi -
“Numbers have life; they’re not just symbols on paper.”
-- Shakuntala Devi
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