The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015)
Jeremy Irons: G.H. Hardy
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Quotes
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G.H. Hardy : There are no proofs nor underlying laws that can determine the outcome of matters of the heart. Of that I'm sure.
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S. Ramanujan : I owe you so much.
G.H. Hardy : No, it is I who owe you.
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S. Ramanujan : [gazing at the umbrella Hardy is carrying in full sunlight] Sir, do you know something I do not?
G.H. Hardy : [sarcastically] Apparently not!
[realizing the question referred to his umbrella]
G.H. Hardy : Oh! God and I don't exactly see eye-to-eye. So if I prepare for rain, then it won't. So far, so good.
[bellowing at the sky]
G.H. Hardy : I'm Hardy. And I'm spending the afternoon in the Wren Library!
[speaking again to Ramanujan]
G.H. Hardy : Now we're sure to have sunshine. Hmph. You see, I am what you call an atheist.
S. Ramanujan : No, sir. You believe in God. You just don't think He likes you.
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G.H. Hardy : From an Indian clerk ill-educated in Madras. I would very highly value any advice you give me. Yours truly, S. Ramanujan.
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G.H. Hardy : We need proofs of your work.
S. Ramanujan : But they are right, sir.
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[first lines]
G.H. Hardy : I have to form myself, as I have never really formed before, and try to help you to form some sort of reasoned estimate of the most romantic figure in the recent history of mathematics.
