"The existence of these patterns [fractals] challenges us to study forms that Euclid leaves aside as being formless, to investigate the morphology of the amorphous. Mathematicians have disdained this challenge, however, and have increasingly chosen to flee from nature by devising theories unrelated to anything we can see or feel."

-- Benoit Mandelbrot

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“The eiderdown of this 2-0 lead is a lot more comfortable than the blanket of 1-0.”
“I value comedy. I value somebody who can be funny.”

Source : "Adam Sandler Gets Serious". movieweb.com. December 16, 2004.
“Developing a cheerful disposition can permit an atmosphere wherein one's spirit can be nurtured and encouraged to blossom and bear fruit. Being pessimistic and negative about our experiences will not enhance the quality of our lives. A determination to be of good cheer can help us and those around us to enjoy life more fully.”
“What I advocate for is that, as soon as we get to the point when artificial intelligence can take off and be as smart, or even 10 times more intelligent than us, we stop that research and we have the research of cranial implant technology or the brainwave. And we make that so good so that, when artificial intelligence actually decides - when we actually decide to switch the on-button - human beings will also be a part of that intelligence. We will be merged, basically directly.”

Source : Source: www.esquire.com
“I still believe in a place called Hope, a place called America.”

Source : "A Place Called Hope". William J. "Bill" Clinton's speech to the 1992 Democratic National Convention accepting the Democratic nomination for President, July 16, 1992.
“I cannot stand superheroes. I do not understand any of its appeal. It has just bored me to death since I was a little kid.”
“Thomas Mann used to write education novels and now you can write an education memoir, and there are all these memoirs coming out now about people's relationships with books. Like anything else, these can be good or bad. The genre doesn't make it good or bad, it's the execution.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“What came first the chicken or the dickhead?”

Source : "Song: "Pretty Visitors" ("Hamburg")". 2009.

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