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• The line has magnitude in one way, the plane in two ways, and the solid in three ways, and beyond these there is no other magnitude because the three are all.

  Aristotle

  Two, Three, Ontology

  "On the Heavens". Treatise by Aristotle (Book 1), 350 BC.

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• When the boy begins to understand that the visible point is preceded by an invisible point, that the shortest distance between two points is conceived as a straight line before it is ever drawn with pencil and paper...the fountain of all thought has been opened to him...the philosopher can reveal him nothing new, as a geometrician he has discovered the basis of all thought.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Distance, Boys, Two

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• I know when a story is finished when there is not a single thing more I can think to do to it. And since I know at the start what the last line will be, I know when I've reached that point as logically as I can that it's finished. As for the rewriting-it's not foolproof, of course, but if you're honest about having thought of every possibility and you still come back to what you have, what more can you do?

  Amy Hempel

  Writing, Thinking, Lasts

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• My job is to persuade people to toe the line and play within the laws of the game.

  Alan Lewis

  Jobs, Law, Games

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• There was a gap of seven years between the first and second Dracula movies. In the second one as everybody knows, I didn't speak, because I said I couldn't say the lines.

  Christopher Lee

  Inspirational, Years, Gaps

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• With courage and character, American soldiers continue to put themselves on the line to defend our freedom, and so many have paid the ultimate sacrifice.

  Dan Lipinski

  Character, Sacrifice, Soldier

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• Catch me on a good day, I think half of my books aren't too bad. Catch me on a bad day, I think I've never written a good line.

  Dennis Lehane

  Book, Good Day, Bad Day

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• Inflation is taking up the poverty line, and poverty is not just economic but defined by way of health and education.

  Azim Premji

  Way, Poverty, Economic

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• My first ten years in Hollywood were really tough. I'd be coaching friends who came to me for acting advice, and then they'd make it before I did. I'd still be helping them while they were on movie sets and I had four lines on a TV show.

  Michael Pena

  Years, Tv Shows, Advice

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The joy of 'Crash' was that it was all about the work. It was my first real part. Before that, it was a line here and there, maybe a scene. 'Crash' was five scenes, a beautiful arc, a little vignette of my own. It really meant something.

  Michael Pena

  Beautiful, Real, Joy

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

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• I like playing characters that are complex, that are intriguing, that come from left field, that do things that are unexpected. I don't like people who just follow one line and that's it - that's why I could never be in a sitcom, I don't think. They're not intriguing enough for me.

  Pete Postlethwaite

  Character, Thinking, People

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• If any of you have ever lived down south of the Mason-Dixon line, you know that late September still means summer heat.

  Scott Porter

  Summer, Mean, September

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Where I've arrived now is the product of mixing the very straight with the very exploratory; there's a fine line between the two, although it tends to be getting straighter and straighter because my songwriting is getting better.

  Andy Partridge

  Two, Get Better, Mixing

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• There's a line, players usually don't cross it and coaches usually don't cross it. Every once in a while you get a little temper tantrum on both sides, I certainly have had 'em. I'm not proud of those.

  Bill Parcells

  Player, Ems, Tantrums

  "From XLIII: An interview with Bill Parcells". Interview with Nick Friedell, sports.yahoo.com. January 31, 2009.

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• Reconciliation is what takes place, of course, at higher levels. President Karzai has been very clear about the red lines for reconciliation, accept the constitution, lay down their weapons, cut their ties with al Qaeda and essentially become productive or at least participating members of society in that regard.

  David Petraeus

  Cutting, Ties, President

  Interview with Jennifer Griffin, www.foxnews.com. August 25, 2010.

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• Now, being on the cover of Vanity Fair is as important as being in great movies. The lines are very, very blurred.

  Jason Patric

  Vanity, Important, Fairs

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• In Survivor and Finder's Fee, it is about what you would do if you could get away with it. Survivor is about your own integrity and where you draw your own ethical and moral lines. There are no rules.

  Jeff Probst

  Integrity, Survivor, Moral

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• The bottom line is, if somebody doesn't go through proper security screening, they're not going to go on the flight.

  John S. Pistole

  Goes On, Flight, Screening

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• There's a fine line between genius and insanity, as we all know.

  Mackenzie Phillips

  Insanity, Genius, Madness

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• I'm just another guy who thinks he's smarter than he is, in a long line of them.

  Colin Quinn

  Thinking, Long, Guy

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• Coming into a game in the eighth or ninth inning is like parachuting behind enemy lines. And sometimes the chute doesn't open. You have to live with that. It's an occupational hazard.

  Dan Quisenberry

  Games, Enemy, Hazards

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• I did go through a period where I was on unemployment. That was my low point: Martha Quinn on line at unemployment, hoping nobody will recognize her.

  Martha Quinn

  Unemployment, Lows, Periods

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• Robert Burns enriched Scottish song with his genius and is mainly responsible for the rich treasure house of song that we enjoy today. He collected folk songs, retained the melodic line, kept what words were usable and rewrote the rest. He didn't claim ownership.

  Jimmy Reid

  Song, House, Genius

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• As for waxing, I've never waxed in my life and I never would. I'm extremely Welsh, so I draw the line at removing body hair.

  Matthew Rhys

  Hair, Waxing, Body

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• Generally speaking, I'm a jeans, T-shirt and boots man but I do own an Armani suit, which gets a regular outing. It's nothing fancy - just a classic, well-cut suit with clean lines and beautiful tailoring. It's timeless and you can mix and match it with anything to dress up or dress down.

  Matthew Rhys

  Beautiful, Cutting, Men

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