"We seem to inhabit a universe made up of a small number of elements-particles-bits that swirl in chaotic clouds, occasionally clustering together in geometrically logical temporary configurations."

-- Timothy Leary

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“The Opera ghost really existed. He was not, as was long believed, a creature of the imagination of the artists, the superstition of the managers, or a product of the absurd and impressionable brains of the young ladies of the ballet, their mothers, the box-keepers, the cloak-room attendants or the concierge. Yes, he existed in flesh and blood, although he assumed the complete appearance of a real phantom; that is to say, of a spectral shade.”

Source : Gaston Leroux (2014). “The Phantom of the Opera By Gaston Leroux”, BookRix
“It's hard for me to answer a question from someone who really doesn't care about the answer.”
“You have to enjoy it. It is not going to happen every year, so this is the year that it is happening and we have got to go out there and enjoy it.”
“Nature seems to take advantage of the simple mathematical representations of the symmetry laws. When one pauses to consider the elegance and the beautiful perfection of the mathematical reasoning involved and contrast it with the complex and far-reaching physical consequences, a deep sense of respect for the power of the symmetry laws never fails to develop.”

Source : Chen Ning Yang (2013). “Selected Papers of Chen Ning Yang II: With Commentaries”, p.260, World Scientific
“The old idea of a good bargain was a transaction in which one man got the better of another. The new idea of a good contract is a transaction which is good for both parties to it.”
“To watch a sunset is to connect with the Divine.”
“I love women. I've always cared about making movies about women my entire career.”

Source : "Sony Head Amy Pascal on Women Directors: The Whole System is Geared for Them To Fail". Interview with Dorothy Pomerantz, www.indiewire.com. May 23, 2013.
“My father wasn't a militant racist. He was a human rights activist - he was about human beings, so let's just get away from going way back then.”

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