Paul Erdos Quotes
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I'm writing in English; I'm writing for a Western audience, but the people I'm surrounded by in my daily life are mostly non-white.
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There are no rebels in the cinema business.
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What can a pencil do for all of us? Amazing things. It can write transcendent poetry, uplifting music, or life-changing equations; it can sketch the future, give life to untold beauty, and communicate the full-force of our love and aspirations.
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Humans don't 'need' math-based cryptocurrencies when dealing with other humans. We walk slowly, talk slowly, and buy big things. Credit cards, cash, wires, checks - the world seems fine.
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I don't know if I actually am good at the sight of blood. An accident on the street gets me very, very upset.
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Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January.
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We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
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Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts.
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You always need that spark of imagination. Sometimes I'm midway through a book before it happens. However, I don't wait for the muse to descend, I sit down every day and I work when I'm not delivering lambs on the farm.
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I like beautiful clothing. I love Bergdorfs.
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It's rumored that doing well in real estate is to be able to close a deal. I did not find that to be the case for myself, I was probably the worst closer out there and I didn't find that was true of my top super stars either.
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I have some of the old videos of my performances on it.
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You don't have to feel confident to act confident. In fact, it's the most important acting job you can learn.
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I got a big mouth.
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The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album.
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I find celebrity really scary.
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I'm a big believer in 'pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start again.'
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I thought that I was going to have to pay them to do what I wanted to do, that was how much fun I was having. You're 20 years old and you're hanging out with rock stars and going to fabulous parties, and then you talk about it!
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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The more I travel around the world, the more I see people want the same thing - to be happy. We wouldn't be in a monetary system if we didn't have to work, so if my music can contribute to happiness, then that's my main responsibility.
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Maybe all young men who love us become knights in shining armor when we love them back.
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Jon Krakauer had documented it very accurately and very well but this kid made a real impression on people, and likewise they on him. To talk to them was very moving in many cases because they talk about him like they saw him yesterday. In most cases they knew this kid for a couple of weeks in their whole life and he just lasted with them.
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I'm a songwriter, and I understand artistic licence. We can embellish, go on little journeys and explore our inner selves. It can be quite self-indulgent.
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It will be another million years, at least, before we understand the primes.
