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In many cases, mathematics is an escape from reality. The mathematician finds his own monastic niche and happiness in pursuits that are disconnected from external affairs. Some practice it as if using a drug. Chess sometimes plays a similar role. In their unhappiness over the events of this world, some immerse themselves in a kind of self-sufficiency in mathematics. (Some have engaged in it for this reason alone.) Stanisław Marcin Ulam		Friday May 29, 2026
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Fame is a food that dead men, eat, - I have no stomach for such meat. Austin Dobson

Austin Dobson (born in Lodsworth, Sussex, August 19, 1912 - died in Cuckfield, Sussex, March 13, 1963) was an auto driver from England.

Brother of auto racer Arthur Charles, he participated at first edition, in 1936, of the Hungarian Grand Prix with Alfa Romeo.

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Fame is a food that dead men, eat, - I have no stomach for such meat. Time goes, you say? Ah no! Alas, Time stays, we go.