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'There's a lot of mathematics in music. It's all in groups of eight, mate, y'know. The one thing that I may have in common with John is that the subject matter I do know, the driving part of my life, my work life, there's a point where structure and scaffolding is left behind and intuition takes over. That's the difference between John and the next 100 mathematicians. He's fully prepared to leave the scaffolding behind and get into the ether of the equation and find the answer quicker. The bane of his existence, however, is finding the proof.'
View quotes by Russell Crowe
Cucullus non facit monachum (Latin: The cowl does not make the monk).
View quotes by William Shakespeare
Besides the noble art of getting things done there is the art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
View quotes by Lin Yutang
On Angelina Jolie: 'She's like a wild stallion, she's like a non-earthly creature to me.'
View quotes by Rosie O'Donnell
Non-violence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.
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View quotes by Mahatma Ghandi
I live a non-journalist's life. I look for the texture of ordinary things
View quotes by Nuala O'Faolain
Neurosis is the way of avoiding non-being by avoiding being (The Courage To Be)
View quotes by Paul Tillich
The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.
View quotes by Marcus Aurelius
Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.
View quotes by Albert Camus
Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.
View quotes by Lao Tzu
Good taste is the first refuge of the non-creative. It is the last-ditch stand of the artist.
View quotes by Marshall McLuhan
Advertising is a non-moral force, like electricity, which not only illuminates but electrocutes. Its worth to civilization depends upon how it is used.
View quotes by J Walter Thompson
He turns round to Kaluwitharana and asks him what I'm bowling. Kalu says offspin. Border hits the next one, but he's not confident. He asks Dean Jones, the non-striker, what I'm doing, and he says legbreaks. [on Border's reaction to playing him]
View quotes by Muttiah Muralitharan
As strange as this may sound, I very seldom read fiction. Because my novels require so much research, almost everything I read is non-fiction-histories, biographies, translations of ancient texts.
View quotes by Dan Brown
Well: what we gain by science is, after all, sadness, as the Preacher saith. The more we know of the laws and nature of the Universe the more ghastly a business we perceive it all to be - and the non-necessity of it.
View quotes by Thomas Hardy
Banality is a symptom of non-communication. Men hide behind their cliches.
View quotes by Eugene Ionesco
Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death.
View quotes by Horace
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