"As I have often said, electrons and gerbils don't cheat. People do."

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Source : Martin Gardner (1999). “The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener”, p.64, Macmillan

Martin Gardner

#People Quotes #Cheat Quotes #Said Quotes

“Kylie and I were both taking piano lessons at the time and didn't think of acting. A friend rang mum up and said, 'How about bringing Kylie and Danielle in because they might be right for the part?”
“Why, I make more money than-than-than Calvin Coolidge, put together!”

Source : "Fictional character: Lina Lamont". "Singin' in the Rain", www.imdb.com. 1952.
“Skills come with age, but wisdom, I doubt it very, very much.”
“You can't sleep. Broke people sleep. You got to be willing to sacrifice sleep, if you sleep you may miss the opportunity to be successful.”
“As well expect Nature to answer your human values as to come into your house and sit in a chair.”
“My first instrument was an accordion. Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage.”
“Breaking the world record has always been in the works. I just need the right conditions and I can make it.”
“There are people we treat wrong and later we're prepared to treat other people right. Perhaps this sounds mercenary, but I feel grateful for these trial relationships, and I would like to think it all evens out - surely, unknowingly, I have served as practice for other people.”

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