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"I don't believe Fermat had a proof. I think he fooled himself into thinking he had a proof."
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"Gnani' [the enlightened one] is He who gives proof of whatever He says. He would not say, 'All that I have said is correct; you will have to accept it'."
"Proof is an idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself."
"Here's proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible."
"Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one."
"We must never assume that which is incapable of proof."
"Jim Cameron is proof that if you are good, you'll get promoted."
"I don't believe Fermat had a proof. I think he fooled himself into thinking he had a proof."
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"I know it's a rare privilege, but if one can really tackle something in adult life that means that much to you, then it's more rewarding than anything I can imagine."
"It's fine to work on any problem, so long as it generates interesting mathematics along the way - even if you don't solve it at the end of the day."
"I really believed that I was on the right track, but that did not mean that I would necessarily reach my goal."
"Mathematicians aren't satisfied because they know there are no solutions up to four million or four billion, they really want to know that there are no solutions up to infinity."
"I hope that seeing the excitement of solving this problem will make young mathematicians realize that there are lots and lots of other problems in mathematics which are going to be just as challenging in the future."
"I had this rare privilege of being able to pursue in my adult life, what had been my childhood dream."
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