"Talent is like a birthmark - it's a gift and no credit nor fault to those who wear them."

-- Charles Marion Russell

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“The discovery in 1846 of the planet Neptune was a dramatic and spectacular achievement of mathematical astronomy. The very existence of this new member of the solar system, and its exact location, were demonstrated with pencil and paper; there was left to observers only the routine task of pointing their telescopes at the spot the mathematicians had marked.”

Source : James R. Newman (2000). “The World of Mathematics”, p.820, Рипол Классик
“I remember feeling that pieces of me were scattered around the world; I belonged to her, Mother Earth.”

Source : Raquel Cepeda (2014). “Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina”, p.244, Simon and Schuster
“A great show means we have to connect; we have to prove to [the audience] that we do something great or blow their socks off, but it has to be with them if it's going to be sustained for any length of time.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“My first lead role was a stage play called A Kestrel for a Knave. I was 11.”

Source : "Justin Chadwick and the Madiba Effect". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 26, 2013.
“I've always been quite thrifty. I can't bear to spend hundreds of pounds on designer clothes. I shop in second-hand shops in Portobello Road and go to Sue Ryder.”
“Don't ever empty the bucket of mystery. Never let people define what you do. It's not about zigging when you should zag. It's not about doing something unprecedented and unpredictable. It's just about never being a word, or something that is not in the process of transformation.”
“Our epoch has been called the century of work. It is in fact the century of pain, misery and corruption.”

Source : Paul Lafargue (2016). “The Right to be Lazy and Other Studies”, p.8, Library of Alexandria
“I'm too competitive to get that big of a head.”

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