Marcus du Sautoy Quotes
Mathematics is a place where you can do things which you can't do in the real world.
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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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Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.
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Incommensurables cannot be compared.
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Clothes have to be simple and comfortable.
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In tactics and training, we do more with Conte. We work a lot of tactical positions, and we know exactly what we have to do on the pitch, where I have to go, and where the defenders have to go. We know exactly what to do.
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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During my captivity, I felt abandoned by everyone apart from my family and supporters, because there was no part of the political spectrum that would want me released.
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Brandon Boyd of Incubus is hot, but he's too pretty.
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When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.
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I feel like I should be more in touch with the nuances of this game.
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The Sino-Indian War in 1962 has fundamentally shaped and distorted Indian attitudes towards China. It also obscured a great deal of what has happened in China since 1962.
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If I don't eat something after I work out, I get shaky and cranky - not a good combination when you're a television host.
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If you look at 'West Side Story,' a lot of those numbers are actually pretty cutty, but the cuts are always musically motivated.
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People tend to compartmentalize themselves into IT people, and movie star people, and scientists, but when we share our perspectives about nature, we find a common denominator.
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I love accents. It's a great way to separate yourself when playing a role.
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Somebody can become a celebrity for being stupid. That is what it's turned into.
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I'm a sponge when it comes to stories. I'd say everything influences me in some way, but for 'Red Queen' in particular, I was really affected by the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series by George R. R. Martin.
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I'm not pretending to be ingenuous; I know what I'm doing.
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Even dramatically how you position some person, the depth, the existence [in 3D] is different than a flat image even though by itself it has depth, we create the illusion of depth. For example, some of the shots I have to stay closer to the actor because it's a young actor, I like it closer for some of the shots. I watch 2D scenes next to the camera, then when I go back to my station and watch it in 3D I have to go back and reduce his acting, he has to shrink a little bit because he peeks out more.
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India is not a capitalist nation and should never be a capitalist nation.
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If I were running against Chuck Schumer. I would take every one of his Sunday press releases - and there are 52 for as many years as he's been there - and I would ask, 'How many of the things he said he was proposing became law?' I doubt many.
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Oftentimes you'll see stuff that makes it into the mainstream that has been influenced by things that are clearly not from the mainstream.
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Mathematics is a place where you can do things which you can't do in the real world.
