"On one occasion when [William] Smart found him engrossed with his fundamental theory, he asked Eddington how many people he thought would understand what he was writing-after a pause came the reply, 'Perhaps seven.'"

-- Arthur Eddington

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“Today I will realize that I'm powerless over other people's expectations of me. I'll think about what I want and consider that how I respond to others' needs will affect the course of my life. I will own my own power and choose the course that's right for me.”
“I just want to continue to play football and be myself.”
“We talk of lost ideals, but perhaps they are not lost, only changed; when our ideal for ourselves and for our children becomes limited to prosperity and comfort, we get these, very likely, for ourselves and for them, but we get no more.”
“There are wholes, the behavior of which is not determined by that of their individual elements, but where the part-processes are themselves determined by the intrinsic nature of the whole. It is the hope of Gestalt theory to determine the nature of such wholes.”
“My idea of the perfect exercise class is this: The teacher gives us all a hug and goes, 'You did it! You showed up! Letâ€™s lie down.' We all lie down and sheâ€™s like, 'How is everybody feeling?' Weâ€™re like, 'Great!' And the teacherâ€™s like, 'Great!' Then we all get to leave 20 minutes early.”
“I certainly love doing comedy and feel most comfortable near it.”
“It is sometimes hard to escape the belief that history exists against the artist.”

Source : "Ask the Author Live: Hisham Matar on Libya". The New Yorker Live Chat, www.newyorker.com. October 25, 2011.
“In homosexual love the passion is homosexuality itself. What a homosexual loves, as if it were his lover, his country, his art, his land, is homosexuality.”

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