Archimedes Quotes
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The first drafts of my novels have all been written in longhand, and then I type them up on my old electric. I have resisted getting a computer because I distrust the whole PC thing. I don't think a great book has yet been written on computer.
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You must be independent and able to do for yourself. Then you do not have to marry a rich man; you can marry a poor one. And if it is wrong, you can go.
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You become a parent when you have a baby, no matter how you get there.
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Fashion is inspired by youth and nostalgia and draws inspiration from the best of the past.
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Education was something my parents always put a lot of emphasis on. It was naturally in me, and my sister is equally driven. She is a paediatric endocrinologist.
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Hold puppies, kittens, and babies anytime you get the chance.
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We must honestly face our relationship with Great Britain.
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'Life as a Dog' is when I really started to feel comfortable, like I had the due north on my compass.
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I could walk into anyone's home one time and draw a three-dimensional architectural plan of the inside of their home from memory, but I could not add up a column of numbers.
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If we want to preserve Heathrow's hub status, we need to stop clogging it up with point-to-point flights to places such as Cyprus and Greece, which between them account for 87 weekly flights, and contribute nothing to overall connectivity.
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The philosophy of life is this: Life is not a struggle, not a tension... Life is bliss. It is eternal wisdom, eternal existence.
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I don't know what goes on in their heads out in Hollywood.
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I do whatever is necessary in order to maintain the equanimity we all need to withstand the disappointment and rejection that are the lot of every writer, no matter where we are in our careers.
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I grew up in the church.
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I think that what made people accept Starbuck as a woman was that she was just such an interesting character. I think that once people put their guard down and their preconceived notions of what the show is supposed to be and just allowed it to really be good science fiction.
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Teamwork is a strategic decision.
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Wars have not solved anything in our region. They have only caused misery, suffering, bereavement, and hatred.
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Way to go, New York. One people. One planet. One love.
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Well who's black and what is a black person?
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I feel like I just have such the blood and bones of a New Yorker that I can almost imagine better, like, giving up the fight and not being able to afford the city and going out West, keeping a small place here, and then when I'm like 80, coming back here, living on the park and going to the theater.
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The fundamental truth guiding social justice comedy is that people are not shitty. That sounds cheesy, but that's how I have to approach it. Everybody has the capacity for change.
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The infinite in mathematics is always unruly unless it is properly treated.
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I've been into every doo-wop there is. I think I went to the university of doo-wop-ology.
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There are things which seem incredible to most men who have not studied Mathematics.
