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"Just because we can't find a solution it doesn't mean that there isn't one."
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"We can solve all problems not by finding solutions, but by transcending consciousness to a new level."

"X-Ray crystallography is nowadays an accurate and rapid method of determining conformation in the crystal lattice, which conformation usually corresponds to the preferred conformation in solution."

"We frequently define an acid or a base as a substance whose aqueous solution gives, respectively, a higher concentration of hydrogen ion or of hydroxide ion than that furnished by pure water. This is a very one sided definition."

"We continue to be exasperated by the view, apparently gaining momentum in certain circles, that armed robbery is okay as long as nobody gets hurt! The proper solution to armed robbery is a dead robber, on the scene."

"Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem."

"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
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"Well, some mathematics problems look simple, and you try them for a year or so, and then you try them for a hundred years, and it turns out that they're extremely hard to solve."

"It could be that the methods needed to take the next step may simply be beyond present day mathematics. Perhaps the methods I needed to complete the proof would not be invented for a hundred years."

"The definition of a good mathematical problem is the mathematics it generates rather than the problem itself."

"I really believed that I was on the right track, but that did not mean that I would necessarily reach my goal."

"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 grew up in Cambridge in England, and my love of mathematics dates from those early childhood days."

"Then when I reached college I realized that many people had thought about the problem during the 18th and 19th centuries and so I studied those methods."
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