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“Although I am even now still a layman in the area of mathematics, and although I lack theoretical knowledge, the mathematicians, and in particular the crystallographers, have had considerable influence on my work of the last twenty years. The laws of the phenomena around us--order, regularity, cyclical repetition, and renewals--have assumed greater and greater importance for me. The awareness of their presence gives me peace and provides me with support. I try in my prints to testify that we live in a beautiful and orderly world, and not in a formless chaos, as it sometimes seems.”
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“When the world is storm-driven and bad things happen, then we need to know all the strong fortresses of the spirit which men have built through the ages.”
Source : Edith Hamilton (1987). “The Greek way ; The Roman way”, Random House Value Pub
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“We think about sitting in a space and hearing some music by having our ears pointed forward towards the musicians sitting opposite us. I'm really not following that paradigm at all.”
Source : Source: www.artpractical.com
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“Love, like the opening of the heavens to the saints, shows for a moment, even to the dullest person, the possibilities of the human race. One has faith, hope, and charity for another being, perhaps but the creation of the imagination; still it is a great advance for a person to be profoundly loving, even in his or her imagination.”
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“The girls in high school who watched 90210? I was watching Seinfeld.”
Source : "The making of a golden boy" by Hadley Freeman, www.theguardian.com. January 22, 2005.
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“Sometimes you have to admit that a relationship can't be fixed. That no matter how much you want to, you can't trust some people.”
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“The fact that he gave her was to him a proof, and ought to be one for her as well that she belonged to him: one can only give what belongs to you.”
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“Global governance cannot be limited to the crafting of instruments related to the promotion of democracy. A key component must be the creation of fair and equitable rules to enhance the development prospects of developing countries.”