"Tolstoi explains somewhere in his writings why, in his opinion, "Science for Science's sake" is an absurd conception. We cannot know all the facts since they are infinite in number. We must make a selection ... guided by utility ... Have we not some better occupation than counting the number of lady-birds in existence on this planet?"

-- Henri Poincare

#Writing Quotes #Numbers Quotes #Bird Quotes

“I trusted him. I put what was precious in Haymitch's hands. & he has betrayed me”
“It's never been integral to the story that I take my clothes off. I've always had clauses in my contracts saying no nudity and no body doubles... I admire actresses who can do it without feeling exploited. As long as it's their own free will, I think it's great. It's not a moral judgement, I've just never felt comfortable doing it - I'm too modest.”
“Any song I have to work on longer than a day, I just leave it. It's not gonna work. Everything that's good is really instant.”
“The English are probably the most tolerant, least religious people on earth.”
“When I was trying to impress Kate, I was trying to cook these amazing fancy dinners and what would happen was I would burn something, something would overspill, something would catch on fire and she would be sitting in the background trying to help, and basically taking control of the whole situation, so I was quite glad she was there at the time.”
“Pelosi's problem is her spine doesn't reach her brain.”
“I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.”
“I've been in the league 12 years. To sit on the bench and complain about the way things were, that doesn't get anything done. I don't know. I'm playing for a championship and trying to make the playoffs. My effort has never changed.”

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