Frases de Daniel Tammet

Daniel Paul Tammet é um savantista britânico que possui uma grande facilidade com matemática e aprendizado de línguas. É o primeiro filho de uma família com 9 crianças, cujos pais são operários em Londres. Em sua memória, Born on a Blue Day, ele fala sobre como o fato de ter epilepsia, sinestesia e savantismo afetou profundamente sua infância. Wikipedia

✵ 31. Janeiro 1979

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Daniel Tammet: Frases em inglês

“I had eventually come to understand that friendship was a delicate, gradual process that mustn't be rushed or seized upon but allowed and encouraged to take its course over time. I pictured it as a butterfly, simultaneously beautiful and fragile, that once afloat belonged to the air and any attempt to grab at it would only destroy it.”

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Daniel Tammet livro Born on a Blue Day

Fonte: Born on a Blue Day (2006), Chapter 8: Falling in Love.

“My algebra was relatively poor. I found it very difficult to use equations that substituted numbers — to which I had a synesthetic and emotional response — for letters, to which I had none. It was because of this that I decided not to continue math at Advanced level, but chose to study history, French and German instead.”

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Daniel Tammet livro Born on a Blue Day

Fonte: Born on a Blue Day (2006), Chapter 6: Adolescence.

“My relationship with scientists has changed. Now, they consider me more of a peer than a guinea pig, and I'm part of the scientific discussion.”

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Bookreview by Jim Withers, Canwest News Service, June 8 2009

“When someone asks me, "Do you speak Breton or Inuktitut?" I say, "Not yet."”

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Bookreview by Jim Withers, Canwest News Service, June 8 2009