William Rowan Hamilton Quotes
I regard it as an inelegance, or imperfection, in quaternions, or rather in the state to which it has been hitherto unfolded, whenever it becomes or seems to become necessary to have recourse to x, y, z, etc.
Quotes to Explore
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This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.
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You can't date if you're famous. That's how it seems to me.
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The world is in motion, as it seems.
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The Scottish Highlands are incredible. There seems to be magic and poetry everywhere.
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'Pleasantville' seems tonally ambitious, but it can handle a wide breadth of tone because it's so fanciful.
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When one loves one's Art no service seems too hard.
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Evil is only imperfection, that which is not complete, which is becoming, but has not yet found its end.
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Public policy is a study in imperfection. It involves imperfect people, with imperfect information, facing deeply imperfect choices - so it's not surprising that they're getting imperfect results.
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If someone is too perfect they won't look good. Imperfection is important.
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I don't want to call myself a perfectionist, because perfection is imperfection.
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Im attracted to things that are challenging and fun and interesting, and it certainly seems that audiences enjoy them as well.
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When I see something, I know why something's funny or seems to be funny. But in the end it's just another picture as far as I'm concerned.
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The campaign against polygamy, around which a lot of anti-Mormon sentiment was organized, seems horrific to me.
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The definition of a good mathematical problem is the mathematics it generates rather than the problem itself.
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Perhaps one never seems so much at ones ease as when one has to play a part.
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We learn as much by others' failings as by their teachings. Examples of imperfection is just as useful for achieving perfection as are models of competence and perfection.
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The reality is, I like imperfection. You take away from the world when you're not yourself. Whatever is unique and special about you was designed by God. And when you try to be someone else, we don't get you. Who knows what you would have contributed to the world had you just been yourself, if you had just celebrated who you are and just walked boldly?
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I struggle with reading a bit. I'm slightly dyslexic, so reading takes me quite a while, and in general, I'm not a big book reader at all. And something like 'Game of Thrones' seems very daunting to me!
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I love sports, as all Bostonians seem to. I love books and movies, as all writers seem to.
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Like the sun that sets at the end of the day, so too will Ramadan come and go, leaving only it's mark on our heart's sky.
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Science, knowledge of the things that are possible present and past; prescience, knowledge of the things which may come to pass.
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The laissez-faire attitude to science education has resulted in a disaster exemplified by the fact that more young people are opting for media studies than physics.
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I don't think people should be afraid of portraying people with accents, especially Asian accents.
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I regard it as an inelegance, or imperfection, in quaternions, or rather in the state to which it has been hitherto unfolded, whenever it becomes or seems to become necessary to have recourse to x, y, z, etc.
