"I adore Madonna. She reinvents herself like no one else."

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Source : "This much I know". Interview with Liz Hoggard, www.theguardian.com. May 17, 2008.

Jonathan Dimbleby

“Everything useful in mathematics has been devised for a purpose. Even if you don't know it, the guy who did it first, he knew what he was doing. Banach didn't just develop Banach spaces for the sake of it. He wanted to put many spaces under one heading. Without knowing the examples, the whole thing is pointless.”
“A golf course is the epitome of all that is purely transitory in the universe, a space not to dwell in, but to get over as quickly as possible.”
“All of music is connected, but a lot of people don't see it that way”
“In fiber optics, the cable is a light pipe or waveguide, into which you inject light. If a finger presses on the pipe, it disrupts that light within the waveguide.”
“It would be really great if I discovered a cure for cancer, but it would only be a little bit less great if my neighbor did. So I am pretty happy when my neighbor becomes wealthier, better educated and more innovative. I feel the same about China and India.”
“Hot Cheetos! Ohhhhh! I used to crave them. I remember I used to eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I had to stop. I had to turn it around because it was getting addicting.”
“And this prime hour of fragrance is the hour so many miss upon beds of sloth, never half knowing what a beautiful, marvellous world is around them. Not all the long hours of day can possibly bring back again the charm and blessedness of this, either to the body or to the soul.”
“The golf swing is like a suitcase into which we are trying to pack one too many things.”

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