I Was So Obsessed By This Problem That I Was Thinking About It All The Time - When I Woke Up In The Morning, When I Went To Sleep At Night - And That Went On For Eight Years. - SearchQuotes

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I was so obsessed by this problem that I was thinking about it all the time - when I woke up in the morning, when I went to sleep at night - and that went on for eight years.

Andrew Wiles

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