"As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."

-- Albert Einstein

#Inspirational Quotes #Funny Quotes #Wisdom Quotes

“Mrs. Pang was once a nanny for me, and she spoils me the way I imagined kindhearted women would spoil an orphan, loving me for whom I am, exactly the opposite of my mother, whose love I have to earn with great effort and with little success.”

Source : Yiyun Li (2007). “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers: Stories”, p.151, Random House
“I interviewed my dad on video in his final weeks. When I asked about his work and finding meaning through helping others, he responded, "I don't think you can be focused on, 'Oh gee, I want to make a difference.' It has to be spontaneous. If it's not...there's some kind of egotistical thing going on. That's a red flag. You hope you impact people on the deepest level you are capable of at the time. Sometimes you hit it, sometimes you don't. You're trying.”
“I wanted to teach myself some life lessons at the age of 60 and one of them was that you don't give up.”

Source : Twitter post from Apr 28, 2015
“I don't do normal. I have a reputation to uphold. (Thwonk)”
“I've always said to people that auteurism is nice, but it's hypothetical, and gradually you learn how much or how little influence different directors had.”

Source : "Hail the Conquering Hero: Andrew Sarris" by Kent Jones, www.filmcomment.com. May/June 2005.
“When the province of physical theory was extended to encompass microscopic phenomena through the creation of quantum mechanics, the concept of consciousness came to the fore again. It was not possible to formulate the laws of quantum mechanics in a fully consistent way without reference to the consciousness.”

Source : Eugene Paul Wigner (2013). “The Collected Works of Eugene Paul Wigner: Historical, Philosophical, and Socio-Political Papers. Historical and Biographical Reflections and Syntheses”, p.28, Springer Science & Business Media
“In the road ships must ride in 30, 40, or 50 fathom water, not above half a mile from the shore at farthest: and if there are many ships they must ride close one by another.”

Source : William Dampier (2012). “A Voyage to New Holland”, p.27, tredition
“Now that I'm on Broadway, it's like NASA engineering with the costumes. I was very grateful for the slightly more high-tech ones in my show, 'Venus in Fur'; our costume designer Anita Yavich is kind of a genius.”

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