Benoit Mandelbrot Quotes
For much of my life there was no place where the things I wanted to investigate were of interest to anyone.
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I'm not an A student; I'm not even a B student, but I've gotten a lot better with the reading because of texts. And I can voice-text and say whatever I want to people.
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A woman can look both moral and exciting... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle.
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In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.
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If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
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I don't weigh into politics.
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Garbage is the part of your history you don't want your family to know about.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.
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God does arithmetic.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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On the ground, Pakistan is the most virulently anti-American state on the planet.
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The local music community here was dying for a place to record, so we started doing acoustic, folk and bluegrass and then did rock projects for other bands, as well as for my son Tal and my own work.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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The tax incentives in place for 'House of Cards' in Maryland have resulted in hundreds and hundreds of jobs and not just for actors, but for carpenters and waitresses and hotel workers. The amount of hotel nights and meals that the production of a television series brings to a state is staggering.
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I think management and technology all come into play in building a super-yacht. It is a challenge - a serious challenge.
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I don't think generally politician come from democratic country. I think not that thinking. But sometimes little bit short-sighted. They are mainly looking for their next vote.
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I'm not a big TV guy, but I love either 'Auction Hunters' or those repo shows on truTV. It's really just glorified 'Jerry Springer' is all it is. Every now and then, it's just mindless entertainment. We'll be on the bus, and we'll laugh at it. Those are my guilty pleasures.
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Do what is beyond your strength even should you fail sometimes.
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We have the only cookbook in the world that has partial differential equations in it.
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My family is average. I didn't have a crazy life as a kid.
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The reason why books endure is because there are enough people who like them. It's the only reason why books last.
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For much of my life there was no place where the things I wanted to investigate were of interest to anyone.
