"The most important thing I have done is to combine something esoteric with a practical issue that affects many people."

-- Benoit Mandelbrot

#Issues Quotes #People Quotes #Important Quotes

“It is always the latest song that an audience applauds the most.”
“Love always elevates the character of man. It never lowers him, provided love be love”

Source : Bhagat Singh, Bhupendra Hooja, Democratic Youth Federation of India (2007). “Bhagat Singh, on the path of liberation”
“I am 5'6' and desperately wish I was taller.”
“The legendary yet factual Curtis Wilkie has been the right man in the right place at an uncanny number of extraordinary times.”
“My first audition was an open call and I had no picture and no resume - that's how clueless I was. I just thought I could show up.”

Source : "Interview with Adepero Oduye star of Pariah". Women and Hollywood Interview, www.womenandhollywood.com. Deccember 26, 2011.
“You know, radio was a really easy way to do the shows. You'd come in, do a read-through, there'd be a few rehearsals, then you'd come the night of the show and do it in front of the audience and then go home.”
“I'm not good at talking about myself.”
“The principal mechanism for convergence at the international as well as the domestic level is the diffusion of knowledge.”

Source : Thomas Piketty (2014). “Capital in the Twenty-First Century”, p.71, Harvard University Press

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