Benoit Mandelbrot Quotes
There is no single rule that governs the use of geometry. I don't think that one exists.
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As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president and write about it.
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The fact is, Latinos now own their own lives and I believe they can afford to look back without judgment.
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We all have original ideas. Even if we don't see ourselves as supercreative or as wild nonconformists, we have insights every day about how the world around us could be better. It might be a better way of running meetings in your office that would be less mind-numbing. It might be a little twist on a product or a service.
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Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
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Religious faith, like political belief, should be based on reasoning, on the development of thought and feelings. The two things are inseparable.
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Having fans wherever I go gives me an energy, and it is the source of my power.
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The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.
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The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
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I think that people always just assumed that I was a liberal because I came from Southeast Seattle.
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I think every professor and writer is in some way an exhibitionist because his or her normal activity is a theatrical one. When you give a lesson the situation is the same as writing a book. You have to capture the attention, the complicity of your audience.
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I tend not to have any references to anything. I just jump into the script in front of me. If you reference too much, you have no idea if the performances are right.
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I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.
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The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human beings.
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You don't want to treat any one person as oracular.
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I knew what type of player I was: a free agent, a small kid who came from a small school.
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All our forms are unique - movies, music and literature - and you have to leave the person who is doing it to do their best.
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The most magnificent creature in the entire world, the tiger is.
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I'm constantly amazed that owners and managers of all businesses don't train their people to call the person who pays by credit card by name. It definitely makes the customer feel good and will be a factor in bringing them back to your place of business.
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Ask any athlete: We all hurt at times. I'm asking my body to go through seven different tasks. To ask it not to ache would be too much.
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I can't play guitar like Pete Townshend. The flip side of that is that Pete Townshend could probably never have played like me.
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I'm very close with my friends. If someone was to ever come along and be the right person, they would have to get along with my friends.
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I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival.
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There is no single rule that governs the use of geometry. I don't think that one exists.
