"If we could talk to the animals, learn their languages, maybe take an animal degree..."

-- Rex Harrison

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“The mathematical framework of quantum theory has passed countless successful tests and is now universally accepted as a consistent and accurate description of all atomic phenomena.”
“Being from New York, I wonder why am I inspired by bluegrass and Earl Scruggs? But when I look at the whole history of the banjo, I feel really good about it, including the Earl Scruggs part.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“The wise only possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.”
“I've been working on a graphic about carbon emissions. It's an incredibly simple graphic - a bunch of blocks and a table below it - but it's taken me three weeks to design. For some reason it just wasn't working. Then finally I realized there was a number present, which I was rendering in each version, that wasn't necessary for the understanding of the piece. This figure was getting in the way and distracting from the main flow of the narrative. As soon as I pulled that graphic out of the design, it sprang into focus. Suddenly it worked.”
“I stopped watching for ridicule, the scorpion's tail hidden in his words. He said what he meant; he was puzzled if you did not. Some people might have mistaken this for simplicity. But is it not a sort of genius to cut always to the heart?”

Source : Madeline Miller (2011). “The Song of Achilles”, p.48, A&C Black
“The dearest things I know are what you are.”
“I guess I'm sort of spoiled because, most of the things that I get to do, people know that you're a good improviser, so they allow you at least one improv take, and for comedy, that's great.”

Source : Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. April 13, 2012.
“Any distraction tends to get in the way of being an effective gangster.”

Source : Interview with June Thomas, www.slate.com. September 14, 2012.

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