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Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It's about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life.

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Going, About, Widening, Education

I was performing at a New Jersey high school, and I asked a class of 2,000 students, 'How many of you love mathematics?' and only one hand went up. And that was the hand of the maths teacher!

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Love, Mathematics, New, Asked

I have written a book called 'In the Wonderland of Numbers.' It's about a young girl, Neha, who is very poor in mathematics, but in a series of illusory experiences, she becomes a great mathematician.

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Very, Illusory, Young Girl, Mathematician

I cannot transfer my abilities to anyone, but I can think of quicker ways with which to help people develop numerical aptitude.

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Think, Quicker, Which, Aptitude

If you do not use a muscle or any part of the body, it tends to become atrophic. So is the case with the brain. The more you use it, the better it becomes.

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More, Part, Use, Case

You develop a sympathy for all human beings when you travel a lot.

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Travel, Human Beings, Lot, Beings

I have been running maths clubs for children completely free. In my building in Bangalore, I conduct maths clubs for several months, and every child who attended the club was poor in mathematics and is now showing brilliant results.

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Mathematics, Been, Maths, Conduct

Why do children dread mathematics? Because of the wrong approach. Because it is looked at as a subject.

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Children, Mathematics, Wrong

I haven't had any formal education. Through the grace of god, I am gifted in mathematics and the English language.

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Education, Through, Had, Gifted

Students shy away from Maths, but in reality Maths is the best friend of man.

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Friend, Shy, Away, Maths

Numbers have life; they're not just symbols on paper.

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Life, Numbers, Just, Paper

Nobody challenges me. I challenge myself.

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Myself, Challenges, Me, Nobody

Without mathematics, there's nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers.

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Numbers, Nothing, Everything, Mathematics

I don't even possess a car. I ride in auto-rickshaws because I like to be a part of the masses. I don't want to single myself out as someone up and above.

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Want, Like, Part, Possess

I relax completely when I'm at rest. I don't think of numbers; I don't think of work.

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Relax, Rest, Think, Numbers

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