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Quote #1:   "The sciences do not try to explain, they hardly even try to interpret, they mainly make models. By a model is meant a mathematical construct which, with the addition of certain verbal interpretations, describes observed phenomena. The justification of such a mathematical construct is solely and precisely that it is expected to work."
Quote #2:   "You wake me up early in the morning to tell me I am right Please wait until I am wrong."
Quote #3:   "In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them."