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One Of The Most Amazing Things About Mathematics Is The People Who Do Math Aren't Usually Interested In Application, Because Mathematics Itself Is Truly A Beautiful Art Form. It's Structures And Patterns, And That's What We Love, And That's What We Get Off On.

When I Was 15, I Had A Crush On This Guy Who Was Really Good At Magic, And So I Learned To Juggle, Thinking It Would Impress Him. I Spent Hours And Hours Practicing, Planning To Show Him. And Then I Never Even Saw Him Again. But At Least I Learned How To Juggle.

When You Do Take The Home Pregnancy Test, It Doesn't Quite Seem Real. But When You See The Baby And The Heartbeat On The Ultrasound, It's So Incredible.

I Recognize That I Have A Unique Position To Be A Role Model To Young Girls Because I Am Doing Something That They Consider Glamorous, Which Is Acting, And Yet I Took A Time To Really Get My Education And Study Mathematics, And I Think Math Is The Cat's Meow.

It's Such A Diversion To Be Constantly Thinking Of Better Ways I Can Teach People Math That My Hunger Is For That Really, For New Ways Of Translating The Beauty Of It.