"Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone."

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Source : Paul Simon (2012). “Lyrics 1964 - 2011”, p.325, Simon and Schuster

Paul Simon

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“claims about what's 'natural' have long been used to reinforce traditional gender roles and values. ... Even the notion that women should have children at all is based on the idea that a woman's inherent and most important role is that of mother. Shockingly, men's 'innate' roles are a lot more fun than the ones bestowed on women.”
“Analysis does not owe its really significant successes of the last century to any mysterious use of sqrt(-1), but to the quite natural circumstances that one has infinitely more freedom of mathematical movement if he lets quantities vary in a plane instead of only on a line.”
“The problem in the Syrian opposition is not between Islamists and non-Islamists. It was the lack of any political experience after 50 years of no political experience. The problem was a lack of political organizations that are truly effective and powerful. This is still a challenge now; it is a weakness in the reality of Syrian political life.”
“I was always really shy. That's why being in front of cameras like this is uncomfortable. I found that when I was a kid, I would hide behind playing pretend. That's when I would come out of my shell. I would dress up as an old man or something and go out onto the street with my mom. I would come out of my shell that way. So I ended up stumbling into acting. It was the one thing that I found a passion for.”

Source : Source: www.justjared.com
“As far as he can achieve it, readability is as important for the scientific writer as it is for the novelist.”
“What is the best way to go beyond self-interest and obsession with personal demands, needs and disappointments? Â The answer is: Whatever you do, may it benefit everyone.”
“Do you remember a scene with Ryan and Ali playing in the snow? Well, that was improvised.”
“Man is nature as much as the trees.”

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