"Mathematics was born and nurtured in a cultural environment. Without the perspective which the cultural background affords, a proper appreciation of the content and state of present-day mathematics is hardly possible."

-- Raymond Louis Wilder

#Appreciation Quotes #Perspective Quotes #Environment Quotes

“I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans. And I am rooting for the machines.”

Source : Omni Magazine, 1987.
“I have always been resistant to doctrine, and any spirituality I had experienced thus far in my life had been much more abstract and not aligned with any recognized religion. For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music. It cannot be manipulated, or politicized, and when it is, that becomes immediately obvious.”

Source : Eric Clapton (2007). “Clapton: The Autobiography”, Broadway
“I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.”
“Yeah, we're sweet but savage, and I think a lot of Canadians are that way.”
“I think with the smaller-scale projects, the burden for success falls more squarely on the shoulders of the actors and the director and the script.”

Source : "Angel's Alexis Denisof goes post-apocalyptic in a new web series". Interview with Todd VanDerWerff, www.avclub.com. August 7, 2012.
“For it seems that long before the first enterprising man bent some twigs into a leaky roof, many animals were already accomplished builders.”

Source : 1964 Architecture without Architects.
“Most are expecting 5 percent to 10 percent hikes, but there are rumblings of far nastier surprises.”

Source : "How High Will Your Health Insurance Premiums Go In 2015?". townhall.com. October 28, 2014.
“If I would want to have a huge audience, I would make American movies, not French movies, because there is a limit of course with French language. If I prefer to shoot in my own language, it is to play with my language, to play in my Paris, and I have complete freedom in France. It's so amazing. If American directors could imagine how free I am, they would have asked for political asylum immediately.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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