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"You learn more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation."
    -- Aristotle Plato
"When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction."
    -- Mark Twain
"If 5th century BC Pythagoras discovered algebraic theorems, if 19th century Darwin discovered the evolution of species, then what topics does the 21st century mind explore? I would say evolutionary psychology, primitive neuroscience, and information networks."
    -- Luigi Mangione
"I feel lucky for my 21st century education. I get to simply download the knowledge of all who came before me, allowing me to stand on their shoulders and ponder new problems they never would have had access to."
    -- Luigi Mangione

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"When one door closes another door opens but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us."
    -- Alexander Graham Bell
"I will not go so far as to say that to construct a history of thought without profound study of the mathematical ideas of successive epochs is like omitting Hamlet from the play which is named after him. . . But it is certainly analogous to cutting out the part of Ophelia. This simile is singularly exact. For Ophelia is quite essential to the play, she is very charming-- and a little mad."
    -- Alfred North Whitehead
"If I only had an hour to chop down a tree, I would spend the first 45 minutes sharpening my axe."
    -- Abraham Lincoln


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Roman Polanski Quotes

My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way.Get Image

First comes my love of my work (in movies), but secondary to the creation itself is the need to get laid.Get Image

Normal love isn't interesting. I assure you that it's incredibly boring.Get Image

The best films are because of nobody but the director.Get Image

I can only say that whatever my life and work have been, I`m not envious of anyone, and this is my biggest satisfaction.Get Image




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