One can imagine that the ultimate mathematician is one who can see analogies between analogies.

Mathematics is as old as Man.

One can imagine that the ultimate mathematician is one who can see analogies between analogies.

Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit.

A mathematician is a person who can find analogies between theorems; a better mathematician is one who can see analogies between proofs and the best mathematician can notice analogies between theories.

Once you're playing someone, you shouldn't be judging them in any way. That's what being an actor is - it's having empathy for people that are different from yourself. Once you've committed to that person, your responsibility is to tell that story.

When I meet people for the first time, I'm friendly but shy. I'm much less outwardly nervous than I used to be, but I still get anxious sometimes.

Classical music in Venezuela is now something like a pop concert. You can see people screaming or crying because they don't have a ticket.

The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially nuclear weapons capability - that threat is real.

When Mary arrived, I felt a mixture of emotions, including panic and overwhelming love. I felt a great sense of responsibility, not just towards my child but also towards her father. There have been many influences on my life, but that thing of finally becoming a family person was the greatest.

There is a Christmas song upon the air, There is a joy innate within the heart; An inner sense of peace, a holy light Illumines life and sets these days apart.

The British boys really, really go nuts... to them, an older woman is sexy, and it's an incredible fantasy... I think the American fantasy is still about men wanting control. Maybe American men don't feel as in control of their lives.

I don't wear perfume, and I don't like the air to be too saturated with scents.

I know that a lot of people take inspiration from the fact that I was just a common man with no film background who turned into a star.

We are women. We are a subject people who have inherited an alien culture.

I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot.

I know for a fact that if I could do only music, I'd be out of my mind, insane. I'd be stressed-out; there's so much work. I mean, you work constantly; there are no breaks, really. If you're not promoting a record, you're making one. If you're not making one, you're touring. If you're not touring, you're doing photo shoots and prep work.

I like to play table tennis, spend time with my kids.

The East Village is where I cut my teeth as a kid. I ran around here on a skateboard.

I give everyone the benefit of the doubt.

If people want to follow an illusion that you don't have to pay your way, you don't have to measure up, then there are serious consequences for any country.

With 'Kidnapped,' there didn't seem to be a sure hand guiding it: everything had to be run-up-the-pole, so to speak, and there seemed to be a large committee, every day fighting about what the show was about.

I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book.

If you want to be a voice for peace in the world, begin by making peace a permanent condition of your own life.

I just want to be in my sweats, walk my dog, watch TV and eat pizza.

I sure do love theater. I mean, that's where I started. I am actually sort of shy, but something happens when the audience comes in. It's something nice for me. It terrifies me, but I'm able to do it.

When a loved one passes, there are mixed emotions, and a thirst to live one's own life more deeply can certainly be among them.

During World War II, law-abiding Japanese-American citizens were herded into remote internment camps, losing their jobs, businesses and social standing, while an all-Japanese-American division fought heroically in Europe.

Cultural confinement takes place when a curator imposes his own limits on an art exhibition, rather than asking an artist to set his limits.