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Formula Quotes

"I go to see grand prix every year, and I watch every race on TV for sure. I probably go to three or four CART races and three or four Formula One races."

"I go to see grand prix every year, and I watch every race on TV for sure. I probably go to three or four CART races and three or four Formula One races."

Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazilian Celebrity

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"I hate Calvin and Hobbes. I think its a big re-hash of formula kid strips."

"I hate Calvin and Hobbes. I think its a big re-hash of formula kid strips."

Bill Griffith, American Cartoonist

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"They're getting me involved in intrigue again, and I think it follows a classic formula in a soap opera."

"They're getting me involved in intrigue again, and I think it follows a classic formula in a soap opera."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

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"I think "Hero" is not a real martial arts movie; it is not about violence, or formula."

"I think "Hero" is not a real martial arts movie; it is not about violence, or formula."

Jet Li, Chinese Actor

Formula, Violence

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"Having a set, popular formula does inhibit you."

"Having a set, popular formula does inhibit you."

George Shearing, British Musician

Formula, Popular

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"I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements."

"I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements."

Piers Anthony, English Writer

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"If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?"

"If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?"

Saint Aurelius Augustine, Roman Theologian

Formula, Meaning

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"The whole point is, give me a break with the standards. You go to the average jazz label and suggest a record and they want to know which standards you're going to play. I'm saying let's break the formula."

"The whole point is, give me a break with the standards. You go to the average jazz label and suggest a record and they want to know which standards you're going to play. I'm saying let's break the formula."

Branford Marsalis, American Musician

Formula, Jazz, Play, Saying

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"Under each formula lies a corpse."

"Under each formula lies a corpse."

Emile M. Cioran, Romanian Philosopher

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"Labels don't mean anything to me. I'm trying to play as passionately as I'm able to. If they want to call that cool, that's fine. Just spell the name right, is the formula."

"Labels don't mean anything to me. I'm trying to play as passionately as I'm able to. If they want to call that cool, that's fine. Just spell the name right, is the formula."

Lee Konitz, American Musician

Formula, Name, Play, Right

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"I try not to do anything by formula."

"I try not to do anything by formula."

Sean Lennon, American Musician

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"It's not as if there's a noise problem, because they use the same circuits as Formula One."

"It's not as if there's a noise problem, because they use the same circuits as Formula One."

Barry Sheene, British Celebrity

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