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“All blood runs red.”
― Phrase painted on the side of the plane flown by Eugene Bullard in World War I the first black comba

“If there is anything like a unifying aesthetic principle in mathematics, it is this: simple is beautiful. Mathematicians enjoy thinking about the simplest possible things, and the simplest possible things are imaginary.”
― Paul Lockhart, A Mathematician's Lament: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form

“From this day forward, let no human make war upon any other human. Let no Terran agency conspire against this new beginning. And let no man consort with alien powers. And to all the enemies of humanity, seek not to bar our way, for we shall win through, no matter the cost!”
― Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln: The People's Leader in The Struggle for National Existence

“Walking downtown in a cool October drizzle, Justin and I were offered an umbrella by a middle-aged stranger in an olive bowler hat. “It’s extra,â€� he said, bowing down slightly. “I brought it because I knew someone would need it.â€� A palpable force seemed to be unifying the people of the city, the sudden camaraderie of solidarity.

Arriving in the Financial District, we saw a tent city in Manhattan’s heart. A thousand people were gathered on the grass of Zuccotti Park, wielding cardboard signs with powerful reminders: “None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are freeâ€� and “We are the 99%.â€� Chatting with the campers, individuals who strongly reminded us of thru-hikers from the trail, we learned that this patchwork rally was a coordinated response to our country’s growing wealth gap.”
― Aspen Matis, Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir

“Commonalities, which need to be celebrated, exist among creative people â€� as they do in the sciences, the sports or in many other professions and areas of interest. These passionate junctions of communication, such as in the arts and sciences, transcend cultural boundaries and have enormous impact as unifying, creative exchanges â€� rendezvous without borders”
― Ellen Palestrant, A Fantasist & A Scientist In Conversation: Creativity, Imagination, and Scientific Verification