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"Therefore, in the course of the work I have followed this plan: I describe in the first book all the positions of the orbits together with the movements which I ascribe to the Earth, in order that this book might contain, as it were, the general scheme of the universe."
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"With Fellini, the fear dropped out of my work because it was such a happy experience... hanging out with Fellini, having pasta on the set with Fellini, and going out with Fellini!"
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"I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations."
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"The rest of my work, besides sketching and keeping a diary, which was the most troublesome of all, consisted in making geological and zoological collections."
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"If you can find your perfect job, create one."
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"Salary is the currency that is gotten from mortgaging your life and time."
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"Anytime we can take narcotics off the street it is significant because it takes them out of the hands of children. It certainly is not going to stop the drug problem, we have to work very, very hard."
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"Give a typical employee a million, and, he is most likely to use the money to print his CV on fancier paper."
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"For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work."
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"Assuming roles is something that simply won't work for me, since I don't have a style. None at all."
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"The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you."
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"Moreover, since the sun remains stationary, whatever appears as a motion of the sun is really due rather to the motion of the earth."
Earth
"For I am not so enamoured of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them."
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"Pouring forth its seas everywhere, then, the ocean envelops the earth and fills its deeper chasms."
Earth
"I shall now recall to mind that the motion of the heavenly bodies is circular, since the motion appropriate to a sphere is rotation in a circle."
Mind
"The massive bulk of the earth does indeed shrink to insignificance in comparison with the size of the heavens."
Earth
"Therefore, in the course of the work I have followed this plan: I describe in the first book all the positions of the orbits together with the movements which I ascribe to the Earth, in order that this book might contain, as it were, the general scheme of the universe."
Work
"Therefore, when I considered this carefully, the contempt which I had to fear because of the novelty and apparent absurdity of my view, nearly induced me to abandon utterly the work I had begun."
Work
"Although all the good arts serve to draw man's mind away from vices and lead it toward better things, this function can be more fully performed by this art, which also provides extraordinary intellectual pleasure."
Art
"Mathematics is written for mathematicians."
Mathematicians
"For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study."
History
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