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• Through the mythology of Einstein, the world blissfully regained the image of knowledge reduced to a formula.

  Roland Barthes

  Knowledge, World, Mythology

  Roland Barthes (1973). “Mythologies”

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• Following my muse has worked out pretty well so far. I can't see any reason to change the formula now.

  Chris Van Allsburg

  Change, Muse, Reason

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• We define only out of despair, we must have a formula... to give a facade tot he void.

  Emile M. Cioran

  Giving, Despair, Void

  "A Short History of Decay". Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1949.

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• We changed the names of our technical schools to colleges, we expanded the eligibility for HOPE scholarships for technical training, and we added some formula funding.

  Roy Barnes

  School, College, Names

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

  Michael Zaslow

  Thinking, Opera, Soap

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• Anybody can write a film script 'cuz it has been reduced to a formula.

  Dirk Benedict

  Writing, Cuz, Scripts

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• The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.

  Quentin Crisp

  Relationship, Marriage, Successful

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• I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about yourself and just think of your people. It's always the people who make things happen.

  Corazon Aquino

  Thinking, People, Democracy

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Bill Griffith

  Hate, Kids, Thinking

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• Formula to live your dream: 1. Be bold. 2. Begin now, 3. No exceptions.

  William James

  Dream, Corny, Exception

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• I think everyone has a certain kind of formula in their life. When you deviate from that formula, you're going to fail big or you're gonna win big.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Winning, Thinking, Kind

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• I've found a formula for avoiding these exaggerated fears of age; you take care of every day - let the calendar take care of the years.

  Ed Wynn

  Years, Age, Calendars

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• Do you have any ambitions outside racing? My main ambition at the moment, whether inside or outside racing, is to become Formula 1 World Champion.

  Kimi Raikkonen

  Ambition, Champion, Racing

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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?

  Saint Augustine

  Math, Ignorant, Doe

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• Beware of geeks bearing formulas.

  Warren Buffett

  Saving, Investing, Geek

  "In Letter, Warren Buffett Concedes a Tough Year" by David Segal, www.nytimes.com. February 28, 2009.

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• Under each formula lies a corpse.

  Emile M. Cioran

  Lying, Corpses

  Emile M. Cioran (1975). “A short history of decay”, Viking Books

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• The formula 'Two and two make five' is not without its attractions.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Two, Perspective, Five

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• I think part of the appeal of mathematical logic is that the formulas look mysterious - you write backward Es!

  Hilary Putnam

  Writing, Thinking, Mathematical Logic

  "What Philosophers Think" by Julian Baggini, Jeremy Stangroom, (p. 233), 2005.

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  My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.

  Cary Grant

  Life, Morning, Simple

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• Newton, for instance, attempted to comprehend the diversities of the universe with a single system of mathematical laws, the objectivity, sobriety and logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which, while accepting variations and adjustments according to climate and other needs, could be applied universally.

  Stephen Gardiner

  Logic, Architecture, Aesthetic

  "The House: Its Origins and Evolution".

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• I try not to do anything by formula.

  Sean Lennon

  Trying

  Interview with Matt Nye, www.pifmagazine.com. January, 1999.

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• Women do not win formula one races, because they simply are not strong enough to resist the G-forces. In the boardroom, it is different. I believe women are better able to marshal their thoughts than men and because they are less egotistical they make fewer assumptions.

  Henry Ford

  Strong, Business, Believe

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• Science is feasible when the variables are few and can be enumerated; when their combinations are distinct and clear. We are tending toward the condition of science and aspiring to do it. The artist works out his own formulas; the interest of science lies in the art of making science.

  Paul Valery

  Art, Lying, Science

  "Moralités". Book by Paul Valery, 1932.

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• Experience, as we know, has a way of boiling over, and making us correct our present formulas.

  William James

  Experience, Boiling Over, Way

  William James (2008). “Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking”, p.98, Cosimo, Inc.

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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.

  Branford Marsalis

  Average, Play, Giving

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