Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things.
Henri Poincare
Recitation: by Male by Female
In New York I was always so scared of saying that I wrote fiction. It just seemed like, 'Who am I to dare to do that thing here? The epicenter of publishing and writers?' I found all that very intimidating and avoided writing as a response.
Jhumpa Lahiri
New YorkWritingSayingNewWho Am I
There is no rule that says a footballer needs to be 'this high' and 'this wide.'
Andres Iniesta
HighRuleFootballerNeedsWide
I could fall in love with a sumo wrestler if he told stories and made me laugh. Obviously, it would be easier if someone was African-American and lived next door and went to the same church. Because then I wouldn't have to translate.
Maya Angelou
LoveMeDoorChurchLaughSomeone
I've always been thinking in three dimensions, ever since I started working with computer animation in the early '80s.
John Lasseter
ThinkingEarlyThreeAnimationBeen
I love challenges.
Max Baucus
LoveChallengesI Love
It's easier for me to act in Spanish, but as soon as I get the lines in English and I know them by heart, it becomes really easy. You don't have to worry about the language anymore. It just takes more time. In Spanish, I can learn lines in 10 minutes. In English, it's going to take an hour.
Ana de la Reguera
HeartTimeMeLanguageLearnWorry
When I turned pro, Muhammad Ali was laying back, and I was able to fill up an area that was empty.
Sugar Ray Leonard
BackEmptyUpAbleLayingFill
It came to me then in a flash that obviously the temperature of the water was responsible for the nystagmus.
Robert Barany
WaterMeResponsibleTemperature
You know when people start talking about freedom they have to be old. They gotta be old-fashioned and really out of touch. Freedom? Well, what's that? Who needs any of that?
Rush Limbaugh
FreedomPeopleStartTalkingYou
I thrive on change. That's probably why my chord changes are weird, because chords depict emotions. They'll be going along on one key and I'll drop off a cliff, and suddenly they will go into a whole other key signature. That will drive some people crazy, but that's how my life is.
Joni Mitchell
LifeChangePeopleCrazyDriveKey
Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake.
Christopher Hitchens
FriendFaithTrustMistakeSomeone
In our town there was a Gestapo officer who loved to play chess. After the occupation began, he found out that my father was the chess master of the region, and so he had him to his house every night.
Bruno Schulz
FatherNightLovedHousePlayChess
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