"And that inverted Bowl we call The Sky,Whereunder crawling coop't we live and die,
Lift not thy hands to It for help—for It
Rolls impotently on as Thou or I." Omar Khayyam
(05/18/1048 – 12/04/1131)
Persian writer, mathematician
"And that inverted Bowl we call The Sky,
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Lord Bertrand Russell
"Specialists are people who always repeat the same mistakes."
Walter Gropius
"John is half-tyrant, half-revolutionary; half-saint, half-satan; half-possible, half-impossible; half-genius, half-Irish."
Frank Capra
"Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul 
"Life's been nothing but paperwork."
Gustav Mahler
"The audience knows I'm not going to do anything after all these years to upset them."
Perry Como
"Take your work seriously, but never yourself."
Dame Margot Fonteyn
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Pope John Paul II
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Chow Yun-Fat
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Toyah Willcox
"I am constantly amazed by Tina Fey. And I am Tina Fey."
Tina Fey
"We're half the people; we should be half the Congress."
Jeannette Rankin
"The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness."
William Saroyan
"I've had a long career and I want to continue to have a long career. The way to do that is not to go away."
Chris Cornell
