M. C. Escher Quotes
After the first proof of 'Sphere Spirals' my high expectations were, as always, greatly disappointed. I am now struggling on - with some feeling of despair - so that I at least achieve a passable result.
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The rule of improvisation I took to heart was, 'Don't think.' I tend to over-think things, so that was a big lesson for me.
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.
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Things are simple, it is us human beings that make it difficult.
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Feminism is dead. The movement is absolutely dead. The women's movement tried to suppress dissident voices for way too long. There's no room for dissent.
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I first read Heinlein when I was very young.
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I'm the guy that has written at great length about exactly how we should profoundly reform Social Security. If I were afraid of going after entitlements, I wouldn't have done that, I wouldn't have put Medicaid reform in this budget, I wouldn't have called for the reductions in spending, which people will scream about, but I think are necessary.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively.
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We who came here saw what was happening. This was far more than a war in a faraway place. This was a moral imperative, a terrible vision of the future.
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I love wearing men's clothing and underwear.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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My goal is to make people feel passionately, if it's negative or positive, I did my job.
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This is what I love to do. And if pressure is something that comes with playing good golf, that's something a professional golfer has to handle.
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Novelists want to be published and need a publisher to decide to print 20,000 copies. So you need to entertain on some level. I want to reach out and connect.
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I consider a CD or a comedy collection as a record of what I've been doing, and I try to wrap it up and start new material.
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Climate change is obviously happening and there is obviously a man-made contribution.
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No person is just one particular emotion.
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Governor Romney has paid 100 percent of his taxes that are owed. He has complied 100 percent with what the law requires.
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As black folks we're always sensitive. As a black person it's always racial.
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Don’t confuse rescue and kidnapping. I have not asked to be rescued.
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Rather than showing themselves to be an ally to the middle class by ending the AMT or repealing it for years to come, my Republican colleagues refused to include it in today's legislation and America's middle class will surely suffer that choice greatly.
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I have always had a ridiculous fear that I will walk into the bathroom one morning and find a python in my toilet.
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After the first proof of 'Sphere Spirals' my high expectations were, as always, greatly disappointed. I am now struggling on - with some feeling of despair - so that I at least achieve a passable result.
