"No Roman ever died in contemplation over a geometrical diagram."

-- Alfred North Whitehead

#Contemplation Quotes #Diagrams Quotes #Mathematical Quotes

“Ah, he has too many ideas, that man da Vinci. His mind works faster than his hands.”
“With independents[films] you sort of make them on the go and there is that little bit more creative freedom. You don't have the money to slow down!”
“In the right circumstances, MDMA reduces or sometimes eliminates the neurophysiological fear response to a perceived threat to one's emotional integrity... With a barrier of fear removed, a loving and forgiving awareness seemed to occur quite naturally and spontaneously.”
“The subtle differences in language and humor that get lost in translation, for example, make it almost impossible for big companies to do something that will appeal at home and abroad.”

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“I was down in Washington when 9/11 happened. We were in the middle of putting together the next summer season, and all I could think of was something somehow must make sense to us. Our Town kept coming into my mind.”
“We are on track for a 3.5 deg C rise by 2040 (i.e. 4.2 deg C relative to pre-industrial)... When I look at this data, the trend is perfectly in line with a temperature increase of 6 degrees Celsius, which would have devastating consequences for the planet. We have 5 years to change the energy system, or have it changed”
“What's the definition of a good flame? One you agree with...”
“Anybody can build a building, putting some doors into it, but how many times have you been in a building that moves you to tears the way Beethoven's 'Eighth' does?”

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