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Mathematics are the result of mysterious powers which no one understands, and which the unconscious recognition of beauty must play an important part. Out of an infinity of designs a mathematician chooses one pattern for beauty's sake and pulls it down to earth. ↗

— Marston Morse

#chooses #designs #down #down to earth #earth

The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler. ↗

— Samuel Morse

#being #character #condition #employer #having

I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile. ↗

— Viggo Mortensen

#been #desert #every #every second #felt

He tossed a word like a ball, never letting it fall. Instead it swam in the air, without care, strung together with an art that came straight from his heart. ↗

— David Paul Kirkpatrick

#dr-seuss #art

Like most people I can be lazy, so it's nice to have a goal or deadline or reason to work out. I feel better when I get to exercise, or when I'm outdoors. I like to hike, swim and run, and I love to play soccer. ↗

— Viggo Mortensen

#better #deadline #exercise #feel #get

It's a hard thing to do, to be given a script, and know that you've got to turn up on the first day of the shoot - generally without having had any rehearsal - and present a character. It's really baffling; it's incredibly hard to know how to begin, to approach it, other than just thinking about it. ↗

— Emily Mortimer

#any #approach #baffling #begin #character

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print. ↗

— John Mortimer

#dread #fear #fearful #feel #flattered

Stories about Diana's fashions, about possible rows between Charles and Diana, these were meat and drink. ↗

— Andrew Morton

#between #charles #diana #drink #fashions

I think it talks about the fact that there are black people in the world who have tremendous amount of talents and have no channel through which they can those talents. ↗

— Joe Morton

#amount #black #channel #fact #i

I think people believe that I give ant aura of someone who has both feet on the ground. ↗

— Joe Morton

#aura #believe #both #feet #give