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Uncertainty doesn’t make life worth living, quite, but it does make striving and gambling worth attempting.

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The success that Americans are said to worship is success of a specific sort: accomplished not through hard work, primarily, but through the ingenious angle, the big break. Sit down at a lunch counter, stand back up a star. Invest in a new issue and watch it soar. Split a single atom, win a war.

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I was fortunate to find an extraordinary mathematics and applied mathematics program in Toronto.

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June 13, 2024

I was fortunate to find an extraordinary mathematics and applied mathematics program in Toronto.

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June 13, 2024

The success that Americans are said to worship is success of a specific sort: accomplished not through hard work, primarily, but through the ingenious angle, the big break. Sit down at a lunch counter, stand back up a star. Invest in a new issue and watch it soar. Split a single atom, win a war.

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