M. C. Escher Quotes
I came to the ... open gate of mathematics. From here, well-trodden paths lead in every direction, and since then I have often spent time there. Sometimes I think ... I have trodden all the paths ... and then I suddenly discover a new path and experience fresh delights.
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I'm not willing to commit American taxpayers' money anymore or American troops on the ground in another Middle Eastern country.
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I wear the Jewish star, but I'm not - I haven't converted to Judaism, and I'm not - I'm not - I'm not Jewish in the conventional sense because the Kaballah is a belief system that predates religion and predates Judaism as an organized religion.
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I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
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Nobody should be sent indefinitely into detention; everybody should have their day in court.
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When I'm not touring, I hardly ever leave my house. Part of it is I get to do what I'm most passionate about, which is work on music and make new songs.
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You are God's own masterpiece! That means you are not ordinary or average; you are a one-of-a-kind original.
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Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.
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I write in English because I was raised in the States and educated in this language.
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The only time I can't sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.
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In the South, we drink the Bible with our mother's milk.
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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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Every time you pass a law, it is a little bite out of freedom.
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Personal responsibility is not only recognizing the errors of our ways. Personal responsibility lies in our willingness and ability to correct those errors individually and collectively.
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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
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I think a lot more people are starting to understand the power of YouTube.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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We don't have to look back at da Vinci's work and Albert Einstein's work and Mozart's work. We're actually living in the time period that David Lynch is creating his art. We're so lucky.
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At the base of Ron Paul support, in my opinion, are people with brains.
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Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.
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We are held up by the radical Muslims as the enemy. So every time we go into one of these countries to do - we think - the right thing, we become propaganda for this radical movement.
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I seem to get totally wrapped up in teaching and working with students during the school year. During the summer, I try to spend time in the real world, writing code for therapy and perhaps for some useful purpose.
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Time flies. Time flies faster every year. Time flies whether you're having fun or not, whether you're living your life big or small, whether you surround yourself with fear or laughter.
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I come from a long line of architects. I'm the only one who did not become an architect, but I've been around the drawing aspect and construction my whole life.
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I came to the ... open gate of mathematics. From here, well-trodden paths lead in every direction, and since then I have often spent time there. Sometimes I think ... I have trodden all the paths ... and then I suddenly discover a new path and experience fresh delights.
