Leonardo da Vinci Quotes
I find that any luminous body when seen through a dense and thick mist diminishes in proportion to its distance from the eye. Thus it is with the sun by day, as well as the moon and the other eternal lights by night. And when the air is clear, these luminaries appear larger in proportion as they are farther from the eye.
Quotes to Explore
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Let a hundred flowers bloom.
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Helping out in your kid's classroom is a great way to get involved with your child's school.
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Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens.
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The South Africans decided that they would like to prove to the world they did not have any nuclear weapons and their decision was not doubted because it was the end of the Cold War, it was also the end of apartheid.
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It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home.
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I do my best to stay away from dairy, especially ice cream. I've become a cookie monster whenever I want to mess around and eat something cheap.
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I also have a film coming up called Breaking Up, and my part in that was not written for a Latina, and my character is not particularly pretty or sexy or exotic.
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When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel.
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The two sensibilities, the visual and the verbal, have always been linked for me - in fact, while reading a particularly evocative passage, I will imagine what the photograph I'd take of that scene would look like, even with burning and dodging notes. Maybe everyone does this.
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When I was a kid, we got in a cipher and battled each other lyrically. We told jokes and made the hottest dance moves.
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We have lost a lot of ground to the extremists in the Middle East.
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I got a psychology degree from USC, but music is just my whole life.
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When women criticized men, I called it 'insight'... When men criticized women, I called it 'sexism' and 'backlash.'
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I love my life and my mistakes and my triumphs - all of it.
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A lot of my close friends are nothing to do with show business. But the people I've had relationships with, invariably, I've worked with. I think that's probably because I grew up in a family where we all worked together, so it's something I feel comfortable with.
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But when I direct I become possessed, a possession I've never quite understood.
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Not being able to work would make me very unhappy.
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He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.
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Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed a necessary provision for they are both surrounded by enemies.
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Courage? The moment when my troubles are going to end is not the moment when my courage is going to fail me.
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The business is about coming up with a business plan and using your relationships and networking and seeing your dreams come true. Everyone on this show has their own business. Fifteen minutes of fame is fleeting. It's about learning the business and creating a new business.
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The only way to get vegetables at a diner late night is to order the omelette. A feta cheese and broccoli omelette.
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The character of the victim has always something to do with his or her murder.
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I find that any luminous body when seen through a dense and thick mist diminishes in proportion to its distance from the eye. Thus it is with the sun by day, as well as the moon and the other eternal lights by night. And when the air is clear, these luminaries appear larger in proportion as they are farther from the eye.
