D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson Quotes
The harmony of the world is made manifest in Form and Number, and the heart and soul and all the poetry of Natural Philosophy are embodied in the concept of mathematical beauty.
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The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.
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I taught English and history, so my education for that really helped prepare me for writing historical fiction.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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If there's anything that would unite the world, it would be music.
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Love me or hate me, both are in my favour. If you love me, I will always be in your heart, and if you hate me, I will be in your mind.
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Islam is a violent, I was going to say religion, but it's not a religion. It's a political system. It's a violent political system bent on the overthrow of the governments of the world and world domination. That is the ultimate aim.
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The United States was the first country in the history of the world to be consciously created out of an idea - and the idea was liberty.
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The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable.
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The gift I have to give to my fellow countrymen and people around the world, the facts are the Muslim community are our gift. They are the fabric of what makes America great.
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My 80-year-old mother will not buy her heart medicine because it cost more than she can pay with social security. She is America.
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The world is in motion, as it seems.
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The 8 P.M. hour in the cable news world is currently driven by the indomitable Bill O'Reilly, Nancy Grace, and Keith Olbermann. Shedding my own journalistic skin to try to inhabit the kind of persona that might coexist in that lineup is just impossible for me.
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By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.
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For me, even if I'm singing to a very large audience, like in 'The Sound of Music Live' or in the 'She Loves Me' broadcast, I try to imagine that I am just singing to each individual. It doesn't change my energy other than being perhaps a bit more nervous. I try to sing to each person and right into their individual heart.
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I always assumed that everyone knew no country would ever be awarded a World Cup without pricey gifts exchanging hands under the tables.
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When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou has passed through.
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The reduction in compassion that happens when we're all behind computer screens is not good for the world.
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Well, probably I was fed up with concrete poetry. There was a lot of bad concrete poetry and besides, it was confused with visual poetry which was completely different.
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It is my heart that makes my songs, not I.
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If the Spirit of God detects anything in you that is wrong, He doesn't ask you to make it right; He only asks you to accept the light of truth, and then He will make it right. A child of the light will confess sin instantly and stand completely open before God. But a child of the darkness will say, “Oh, I can explain that.
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We have to change the way people look at scientists. Today, they are the nerds, the geeks. Instead, we want some of the cool kids to say, 'Hey, this is all right.'
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I actually had the good fortune to work with Nick Hoult on Mad Max in Africa, so we became really fast friends.
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The glory of the nation you love is a desirable end, - but generally to be obtained at your neighbor's expense.
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The harmony of the world is made manifest in Form and Number, and the heart and soul and all the poetry of Natural Philosophy are embodied in the concept of mathematical beauty.
