Edward Kasner Quotes
Puzzles are made of the things that the mathematician, no less than the child, plays with, and dreams and wonders about, for they are made of things and circumstances of the world he or she live in.
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Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
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Sometimes I don't know whether a movie has been shot on film or in digital when I watch it in the theatres.
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Isolation is a self-defeating dream.
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The college years are when you sow all your wild oats and become a vampire. By 40, you've lived it up. At least, you hope.
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A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.
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I like '50s and '60s American art. I have 85 or 90 Warhols.
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Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.
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Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
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I am the kind of person who does not like to carry baggage. In fact, I don't go back and listen to my own music. I believe in closing chapters and moving forward. That's what gives me peace.
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I'm going to always rise above the doubt that may exist about me.
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What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross.
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It's great when you have people who will speak passionately and honestly about what they are doing.
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I'm an actor and it happened to go my way that day.
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They offered me that film before I did Frida and I said, no, I'm not capable of directing. Then after seeing Julie direct, I was inspired by it. She motivated me to do it, because we don't have role models as woman for directors.
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I prize being just a normal dude that wakes up, goes to work, comes home to his wife - like, quite boring.
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In my opinion, the Hezbollah has going - they are going to discover sooner or later than in their top priority should preserve Lebanon.
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No matter what people say, about what I did, about what I am like... They say you are not dedicated or hardworking. A lot of people say things about me, but they don't realise I have played 250 games. It's not like you just land up in the team, sit down and play 250 games. You can't survive like that in international cricket.
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If we get away from the lazy and fuzzy thinking that is like a poison in our society - if we get away from all the bad television that we tend to watch - and begin to take up serious meditation and other sacred exercises, we will have a real revolution of consciousness. If that happens, the world will change by itself.
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But only two people known by name were also called “Son of God.” One was the Roman emperor—starting with Octavian, or Caesar Augustus—and the other was Jesus. This is probably not an accident. When Jesus came on the scene as a divine man, he and the emperor were in competition.
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The reason most of the children are having problems in any inner-city neighborhood is because they don't see enough positive role models in their own environment.
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Wanting him to come back before anyone notices part of the world has not moved since he left.
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I love being in touch with my readers and fellow writers! It's just amazing to have such access to people.
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Puzzles are made of the things that the mathematician, no less than the child, plays with, and dreams and wonders about, for they are made of things and circumstances of the world he or she live in.
