"Placing your stick at the end of the shadow of the pyramid, you made by the sun's rays two triangles, and so proved that the pyramid [height] was to the stick [height] as the shadow of the pyramid to the shadow of the stick."

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Source : "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics". Book by W. W. Rouse Ball, 1893.

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“The first time I had sushi, I hated it. And the second time was no different, and then, I just started loving it. I actually crave for sushi. It's one of the healthiest meals. My experiments with food began when I was working in New York as an architect, be it Korean or Ethiopian food or fusion food.”
“You don't stay married for thirty-nine years because of sex or even because of love, but because your partner is a real friend to you, because they respect and regard you.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Dream study impacts culture. We are put in touch with the inner poet who dreams. We hear our inner, subjective response to the outer world. That helps spiritualize our lives.”

Source : Henry Reed (2005). “Dream Medicine: Learning How to Get Help from Our Dreams”, p.266, We Publish Books
“I usually base my characters on composites of people I know. One trumpet player in SIDE MAN is really a mix of four different guys I knew growing up. Patsy , the waitress, is a mix of about three different people. I like doing it that way. I start with the characters, as opposed to plot, location, or some visual element. I write more by ear than by eye. I always work on the different sound of each character, trying to make sure each has a specific voice and speech pattern, which some writers could care less about.”
“Two bats were hanging up in a cave and one said to the other, 'When I'm older, I hope I don't become incontinent'.”
“Although I may try to describe Love, When I experience it, I am speechless.”
“In order to arrive at what you are not, you must go through the way in which you are not.”
“You're not RESPONSIBLE for somebody else's happiness. You're responsible for your own HAPPINESS.”

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