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“So if the worth of the arts were measured by the matter with which they deal, this art-which some call astronomy, others astrology, and many of the ancients the consummation of mathematics-would be by far the most outstanding. This art which is as it were the head of all the liberal arts and the one most worthy of a free man leans upon nearly all the other branches of mathe matics. Arithmetic, geometry, optics, geodesy, mechanics, and whatever others, all offer themselves in its service.”
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“I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.”
Source : "Chat: Cara Buono". Interview with Toby Tanser, www.runnersworld.com. November 1, 2006.
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“As a result of continuous work with these highly toxic substances, our minds were so numbed that we no longer had any scruples about the whole thing. Anyway, our enemies had by now adopted our methods and as they became increasingly successful in this mode of warfare we were no longer exclusively the aggressors, but found ourselves more and more at the receiving end.”
Source : Otto Hahn (1970). “My life: the autobiography of a scientist”, MacDonald
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“I'm honest about expressing my opinions. At the same time, I'm diplomatic in how I do critique things if I have a negative response.”
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“Film and television are just different. Film is cool because its a complete package. You know the beginning, middle, and end. You can plan it out more, which I like. But with television you get a new script every week, so its constantly a mystery as to what youre going to be doing.”
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“No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.”
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“The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts.”
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“It's a rare gift to understand that your life is wondrous, and that it won't last forever.”
Source : Steven Galloway (2009). “The Cellist of Sarajevo”, p.15, Atlantic Books Ltd