"It's the old story. I was in the middle of successful acting career when I was bitten by the accounting bug."
"Pi what squared? Long John, you should be able to get this."
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myth, myths, legend, legends, pirate, pirates, long john silver, treasure island, literature, robert louis stevenson, book, books, fictional character, fictional characters, arr, math, maths, mathematics, area of a circle, pi, π, r, radius, area, circle, circles, equation, equations, formula, formulas, wordplay, word play, play on words, cliche, cliches, stereotype, stereotypes, stereotyping, education, school, schools, schooling, teacher, teachers, student, students, class, classes, classroom, classrooms, math teacher, math teachers, math class, math classesAccountants just want to have fun...
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accountant, accountants, accounting, math, maths, math problem, maths problem, math problems, maths problems, mathematics, silly, silliness, goof around, goofs around, goofing around, conservative, conservatives, conservatism, lifestyle, lifestyles, straight-laced, sense of humor, senses of humor, humor, humour, sense of humour, senses of humour, serious, seriousness, equation, equations, goof off, goofs off, goofing off, mathematician, mathematicians, mathematicalAccountant Manqué
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manque, accountant, accountants, accounting, bookkeeper, bookkeepers, bookkeeping, math, mathematics, finance, finances, financial planning, budgets, budgeting, poem, poems, poet, poets, poetry, writer, writers, writing, dreams, dreaming, day dreams, internal dialogue, thoughts, thought, thinking, goal, goals, missed opportunity, unfulfilled careers, unfulfilled goals, careers, career change, career"You realize, of course, that this means war."
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compete, competing, competitive, competition, rival, rivals, rivalry, jealously, jealousy, jealous, equations, equation, in english please, jargon, interpretation, interpret, interpreting, interpretive, science, scientists, scientific, scientifically, scientific discovery, math, maths, mathematics, mathematical, formula, formulae, formulas, algorithm, algorithms, men, mathematicianFriends often dropped by and subjected Sir Isaac to a little good-natured ridicule.
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sir isaac newton, newton's law, newton's laws of motion, gravity, gravitational pull, float, floating, mathematician, math, mathematics, maths, apple, apples, apple tree, apple trees, tree, trees, science, scientist, scientists, friend, friends, ridicule, ridiculed, poking fun, teasing, discovery, discoveries, discovered, theory, theories"Maybe it's not a wrong answer - maybe it's just a different answer."
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wrong answer, wrong answers, sum, sums, addition, additions, blackboard, blackboards, math, maths, mathematics, mathematician, mathematicians, teacher, teachers, lesson, lessons, class, classes, classroom, classrooms, answer, answers, philosopher, philosophers, philosophy, debate, debates, smart alec, smart alecs, smart aleck, smart alecks, right answer, right answers, educator, educators, school, schools, schoolingWith the aid of an abacus, Elizabeth Barrett Browning counts the ways.
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elizabeth barrett browning, abacus, literature, poetry, poets, barrett browning, browning, elizabeth browning, let me count the ways, count the ways, sonnet 43, abolitionist, slavery, abolition of slavery, abolition, count, counting, math, maths, mathematics, mathematical, love, poem, poems, romanticism, literal, literally, poetry, publish, published, publication, quote, quotes, history, historical figure"If you think it's tough at this level, kid, wait until you get into calculus."
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coach, coaches, coaching, football, football player, football players, tough, difficult, difficulty, difficulties, algebra, teacher, teachers, math, maths, mathematics, calculus, play, plays, football play, football plays, challenge, challenges, challenging, complain, complains, complaining, football player, football players, football team, football teams, reduce, reduces, reducing, math difficultyLesser-Known 'Conscious Uncouplings
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conscious uncoupling, conscious uncouplings, gywneth paltrow, chris martin, celebrities, celebrity, famous, famous people, breakup, breakups, breaking up, break-up, break-ups, break up, break ups, split, splitting, separation, separating, divorce, divorcing, lesser known, lesser-known, new age, guru, friends, friend, friendly, amicable, relationship, relationships, marriage, relationship issues, modern life, calculus, math, maths, mathematics, beet, beets, piano, playing the piano, stop, end, finish, give up, part, parting"He's a nice young man, but are you sure he's an M.B.A.?"
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masters, masters degree, masters diploma, grad, grads, graduate, graduates, business administration, university, universities, uni, university degree, university degrees, college, colleges, college degree, college degrees, office, offices, business, businesses, businessman, businessmen, executive, executives, counting, counting on fingers, finger counting, math, maths, mathematics"It turns out that if you give a hundred monkeys a hundred typewriters, eventually they'll turn out the work of Tarantino."
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works of shakespeare, infinite monkey theorem, william shakespeare, monkey, monkeys, statistical mechanics, movie, movies, film, films, typewriter, typewriters, quentin tarantino, pop culture, violence, violent, literary works, literary work, physics, monkey metaphors, mathematician, mathematicians, mathematics"Tonight we're going to let the statistics speak for themselves."
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number, numbers, math, maths, mathematics, statistic, statistics, speech, speeches, politics, government, governments, politician, politicians, business, businessman, businessmen, presentation, presentations, proof, evidence, data, stats"At least with math and physics you sometimes find the answer."
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math, maths, mathematics, mathematician, mathematicians, physicist, physicists, answers, meditate, meditations, meditating, meditation, buddha, buddhist, buddhists, meaning of life, the meaning of life, zen buddhist, zen buddhists, physics, zen, answer, inner peace, enlightenment, physicist, physicists"This is fine as far as it goes. From here on, it's who you know."
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scientist, scientists, math, maths, mathematics, mathematician, mathematicians, theory, theories, scientific theory, scientific theories, its not what you know its who you know, it's not what you know it's who you know, connection, connections, social connection, social connections, peer review, peer reviews, scientific peer review, scientific peer reviews, scholarly peer review, scholarly peer reviews, journal, journals, scientific journal, scientific journals, publish, publishing, publisher, publishers, thesis, thesesCat doing complex equation to work out the jump he needs to make.
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equation, equations, formula, formulae, cat, cats, instinct, reason, feline, felines, pet, pets, pet cat, pet cats, mathematician, mathematicians, mathematics, math, maths, geometry, theorem, leap, leaps, angle, angles, jump, jumps, jumping, counter, counters, calculate, calculates, calculating, calculation, calculations, trig, trigonometry, overcomplicate, overcomplicates, overcomplicating, overthink, overthinks, overthinking"My wife will have the number 2. I'll have the number five. And the kids will split an order of the number nine." "2 + 5 + 4 1/2 + 4 1/2 = 16"
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restaurant, restaurants, dining out, eating out, meal, meals, food, waiter, waiters, server, servers, order, orders, ordering, menu, menus, number, numbers, counting, math, maths, mathematics, arithmetic, family, families"Who dealt this mess?"
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dealer, dealers, sum, sums, math, maths, mathematician, mathematicians, mathematics, teacher, teachers, lesson, lessons, class, classes, schooling, pupil, pupils, student, students, classroom, arithmetic, addition, primary school, kindergarten, times table, times tables, times-table, times-tables, kid, kids, childhood, childhoodsA teacher sits in front of a blackboard that advertises various school subjects as being for sale.
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education, school, schools, schooling, teaching, learning, teacher, teachers, student, students, classroom, classrooms, class, classes, blackboard, blackboards, subject, subjects, math, maths, mathematics, geography, american history, history, english lit., english literature, english, biology, sale, on sale, blowout, price, prices, ad, ads, advertisement, advertisements, advertising, marketing, money, consumerism, cost, costs, education industry, modern education, modern life"Big deal, an A in math. That would be a D in any other country."
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education, school, schools, schooling, teaching, teacher, teachers, student, students, classroom, classrooms, class, classes, mark, marks, grade, grades, report card, report cards, report, reports, math, maths, mathematics, test, tests, testing, academic, academics, academic standing, academics standings, international, foreign, comparison, comparisons, compare, comparing, rank, ranks, ranking, score, scores, elementary, primary, intelligence, standard, standards, curriculum, curricula, united states, us, u.s., united states of america, usa, u.s.a., america, american, country, countries, modern life"New from accounting, sir. Two and two is four again."
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accounting, accountant, accountants, bookkeeper, bookkeepers, math, new math, maths, mathematics, addition, creative accounting, creative bookkeeping, ethics, cooking the books, cook the books, office memo, office memos, office life, secretary, secretaries, corporate crime, corporate crimes, corporate life, accounts payable, accounts receivable, cfo, financial, financials, financial reporting, financial reports