G. H. Hardy Quotes
In [great mathematics] there is a very high degree of unexpectedness, combined with inevitability and economy.
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
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A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.
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In the age of the internet when everybody's a pundit, we're still gonna need somebody there to go talk to the colonels, to be on the ground in Baghdad and stuff and that's very expensive.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
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I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?
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The 20th century was a test bed for big ideas - fascism, communism, the atomic bomb.
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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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I believe honor thy mother and father is not just a good commandment to live by, it is good public policy to govern by. That is why I feel so strongly about Medicare.
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Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
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We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.
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I am proud to be a member of the Congress of the United States.
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We do have serious energy needs for the country, we are aware that natural gas is especially in demand because of its air quality benefits: 90 percent of new power plants have been natural gas-powered.
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It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
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I refuse to confide and don't like it when people write about art.
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I'm not the girl next door.
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The only shoes that look futuristic are Crocs, but they would be terrible to use in a futuristic movie.
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I have always been a flirt. My mother says whe I was a child, I used to stand outside the house and just smile at everyone who walked by. Like, 'Please take me with you!'
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The truth is, for some absurd reason, no one is willing to admit that the interests of the producers and the theater owners are not the same.
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We do very little re-writing in the office. We often take on people who show great promise and who we hope will develop into somebody important and someone good.
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I'm with someone who's got very high standards, and he doesn't tolerate all these ridiculous vices very easily. That's not reason enough to marry someone, although people have gotten married for less.
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In [great mathematics] there is a very high degree of unexpectedness, combined with inevitability and economy.
