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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I loved 'Ghana Must Go' by Taiye Selasi. It's about a first-generation African family living in America that has to return home to Nigeria when their estranged father passes away.
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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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I would love to do a movie with Albert Brooks; we're so different, but I find him so funny, and I can be just as seemingly narcissistic as he comes off, the 'it's all about me' kind of thing.
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Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.
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A certain moral imbecility marks all ethnocentric movements.
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Senator John Kerry is in trouble for making a joke about soldiers being uneducated. As a result, Kerry promised to stop making jokes and stick to boring 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.
