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“Every film I make I feel like I am getting a mini-masters degree, it's a wonderful life path and you get to immerse yourself in an intriguing world for a couple of years.”
Source : "Interview: Liz Garbus, ‘Bobby Fischer Against the World’". Interview with Russell Cook, cine-vue.com. April 7, 2011.
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“The pursuit of pretty formulas and neat theorems can no doubt quickly degenerate into a silly vice, but so can the quest for austere generalities which are so very general indeed that they are incapable of application to any particular.”
Source : Eric Temple Bell (1937). “Men of Mathematics”
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“Protecting Afghan civilians is the cornerstone of our mission.”
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“If you write satire, the guilty pleasure these days is that there's just so much material about. On the other hand, if you have a family it can be depressing.”
Source : "Carl Hiaasen: 'My humour has always come from anger'". Interview with Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. March 5, 2011.
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“Want to know the key to a long-lasting relationship? Don't go with your loved one to Ikea. One psychologist says the stress of a visit to the popular furniture store can cause serious friction between couples, whether it's disputes over what to buy or spats while you assemble the items that you bought there.”
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“To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.”
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“I am a citizen of the Soviet Union and I think sharp measures need to be taken against anti-Soviet forces that are trying to make their way into the leadership. In addition, it is vitally important to maintain the lines of communication with Germany through Poland.”
Source : "Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev". Book by Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev, 2007.
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“Ridiculous as our market volatility might seem to an intelligent Martian, it is our reality and everyone loves to trot out the 'quote' attributed to Keynes (but never documented): 'The market can stay irrational longer than the investor can stay solvent.' For us agents, he might better have said 'The market can stay irrational longer than the client can stay patient.'”