![In 1975, ... [speaking with Shiing Shen Chern], I told him I had finally learned ... the beauty of fiber-bundle theory and the profound Chern-Weil theorem. I said I found it amazing that gauge fields are exactly connections on fiber bundles, which the mathematicians developed without reference to the physical world. I added, "this is both thrilling and puzzling, since you mathematicians dreamed up these concepts out of nowhere." He immediately protested: "No, no. These concepts were not dreamed up. They were natural and real."](/assets/img/quote-photos/in-1975-speaking-with-shiing-shen-chern-i-told-him-i-had-finally-learned.jpg)
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real simple legends
A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend-"just as good as the real. Charles Dudley Warner
reality policy
No policy is worth anything outside of reality. Charles de Gaulle
real knowing want
The real trouble comes from not knowing what we really want in the first place. Charles de Lint
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real umpires long
A long time ago a bunch of people reached a general consensus as to what's real and what's not and most of us have been going along with it ever since.
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real thinking analogies
Fairy tales and mythology have always been an exaggerated distillation of the real world. Think of them as blueprints for how to deal with a multitude of situations that can arise in a person's life. The beauty of them is that their analogies resonate so deeply and they also entertain while they teach.
profound mind observation
That extremes beget extremes is an apothegm built on the most profound observation of the human mind. Charles Caleb Colton
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If we begin to see how the gospel is able to change our work, it can have a profound effect on our sense of calling and the meaning behind the work that we do day-in and day-out. David Kim
profound important acting
Maybe subconsciously I've kept activism separate from acting because it's important to me in a more profound way. Blythe Danner
profound soul able
No amount of scholastic attainment, of able and profound exposition of brilliant and stirring eloquence can atone for the absence of a deep impassioned sympathetic love for human souls. David Brainerd
profound feelings body
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What he was saying was utterly profound in some regards. Steve Crump
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The more intense has been the religion of any period and the more profound has been the dogmatic belief, the greater has been the cruelty and the worse has been the state of affairs. Bertrand Russell
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That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.
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