"Most books aren't pure nonfiction or fiction."

-- James Frey

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“The student-athlete should control everything that happens. From figuring out what kind of a degree they want to what type of a program they want to play for, they should control it all.”
“I even watched Mulholland Drive in French... it didn't make much more sense in French, but I have to say, it didn't make any less sense either.”
“The idea of 'ferie,' or summer break, is a long tradition of which all Italians, including myself, participate. It's a time to relax, reflect and recharge.”
“The crowning blessing of a true visitation of the Holy Spirit is a mighty harvest for the kingdom of God.”
“An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.”
“You want to take some responsibility for you choices so that it sets the groundwork for that next generation of actresses.”
“It becomes the urgent duty of mathematicians, therefore, to meditate about the essence of mathematics, its motivations and goals and the ideas that must bind divergent interests together.”

Source : "Mathematics in the Modern World". Scientific American, Vol 211, (p. 42), September 1964.
“It is only by demanding the impossible of the piano that you can obtain from it all that is possible. For the psychologist this means that imagination and desire are ahead of the possible reality. A deaf Beethoven created for the piano sounds never heard before and thus predetermined the development of the piano for several decades to come. The composer's creative spirit imposes on the piano rules to which it gradually conforms. That is the history of the instrument's development. I don't know of any case where the reverse occurred.”

Source : Genrikh Gustavovich Neĭgauz, Heinrich Neuhaus (1973). “The art of piano playing”, Longwood Pr Ltd

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