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Clumsy Quotes

The traditional mathematician recognizes and appreciates mathematical elegance when he sees it. I propose to go one step further, and to consider elegance an essential ingredient of mathematics: if it is clumsy, it is not mathematics Picture Quote #1

When I was little, I wasn’t so little. I had a big old round belly and I was really clumsy, but I was super confident Picture Quote #1

If a ballet dancer falls over, it’s knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts Picture Quote #1

I can do everything with ease on the stage, whereas in real life I feel too big and clumsy. So I didn’t choose acting. It chose me Picture Quote #1

You may hear people say that submarines have done away with the battleship, and that aircraft have annulled the mastery of the sea. That is what our pessimists say. But do you imagine that the clumsy submarine or the fragile aeroplane is really the last word of science? Picture Quote #1

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We women have a more subtle instinct about things. What we like is to be a man's last romance Picture Quote #1

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Everywhere there is craft and technique; everywhere there is artistry and form. Art itself, technique, is ponderous and clumsy, and because of its awkwardness it obstructs that inner element Picture Quote #1

So now I have started living my own life. Imperfect and clumsy as it may look, it is resembling me now, thoroughly Picture Quote #1

What a book a devil’s chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horribly cruel work of nature! Picture Quote #1

A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. So the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion Picture Quote #1

Illness is a clumsy attempt to arrive at health: we must come to nature’s aid with intellect Picture Quote #1

To introduce a new play only six weeks after another has been banned is also a way to speak one’s piece to the government. It proves that art and liberty can grow back in one night under the clumsy foot which crushes them Picture Quote #1

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Women always think you need a man, you need a father, as if they’d be the slightest use. Men are a dead weight, they’re clumsy and maladjusted Picture Quote #1

To pry into the secrets of this world, we must make experiments. But experiment is a clumsy instrument, afflicted with a fatal determinacy which destroys causality Picture Quote #1

I don’t tend to redraft, I will try to tidy it up, but basically I feel what I write down first has got the impetus, it may be clumsy, it may be repetitive, but a good editor can take that out. That first writing bit is the best thing you will do Picture Quote #1

If you can’t imagine it, think clumsy silence. Think bits and pieces of floating despair. And drowning in a train Picture Quote #1

Moreover, the eye contains a big flaw: the retina is inside out. Why would an almighty designer do such a thing? No intelligent designer,.. would put such a clumsy arrangement in a camcorder, and this is just one of the hundreds of accidents frozen in evolutionary history that confirm the mindlessness of the historical process Picture Quote #1

I suppose I am one of life’s naturally clumsy people; I don’t drop stuff all the time, or break things, but I’m just generally a bit flustered Picture Quote #1

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I am clumsy, a late and nervous driver, and despise all sports except a little gentle dancing or yoga Picture Quote #1

I was a dork. I’m still kind of goofy and clumsy and not always the most graceful person Picture Quote #1

Even at the worst of times, when nothing goes right, when the prose is clumsy and the ideas feel stale, at least we’re doing something that we genuinely love. There’s no other reason to work this hard, except that love Picture Quote #1

Dogs are actually very smart, it’s just that they’re rather clumsy, but it’s this trait that makes humans attracted to them and why I love dogs so much Picture Quote #1

The beauty of the collage technique is that you’re using sounds that have never met and were never supposed to meet. You introduce them to each other, at first they’re a bit shy, clumsy, staring at their shoes. But you can sense there’s something there. So you cut and paste a little bit and by the end of the song you can spot them in the corner, holding hands Picture Quote #1

That’s the clarinet I used to use... but it’s just a piece of wood, you know, with holes in it and they put these clumsy keys on it and you’re supposed to try to take that and manipulate it with throat muscles and chops... and try to make something happen that never happened before. And when you do, you never forget it. It beats sex, it beats anything Picture Quote #1

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The traditional mathematician recognizes and appreciates mathematical elegance when he sees it. I propose to go one step further, and to consider elegance an essential ingredient of mathematics: if it is clumsy, it is not mathematics (Clumsy Quotes) When I was little, I wasn’t so little. I had a big old round belly and I was really clumsy, but I was super confident (Clumsy Quotes) If a ballet dancer falls over, it’s knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts (Clumsy Quotes) I can do everything with ease on the stage, whereas in real life I feel too big and clumsy. So I didn’t choose acting. It chose me (Clumsy Quotes) You may hear people say that submarines have done away with the battleship, and that aircraft have annulled the mastery of the sea. That is what our pessimists say. But do you imagine that the clumsy submarine or the fragile aeroplane is really the last word of science? (Clumsy Quotes) Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We women have a more subtle instinct about things. What we like is to be a man's last romance (Clumsy Quotes) Everywhere there is craft and technique; everywhere there is artistry and form. Art itself, technique, is ponderous and clumsy, and because of its awkwardness it obstructs that inner element (Clumsy Quotes) So now I have started living my own life. Imperfect and clumsy as it may look, it is resembling me now, thoroughly (Clumsy Quotes) What a book a devil’s chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horribly cruel work of nature! (Clumsy Quotes) A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. So the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion (Clumsy Quotes) Illness is a clumsy attempt to arrive at health: we must come to nature’s aid with intellect (Clumsy Quotes) To introduce a new play only six weeks after another has been banned is also a way to speak one’s piece to the government. It proves that art and liberty can grow back in one night under the clumsy foot which crushes them (Clumsy Quotes) Women always think you need a man, you need a father, as if they’d be the slightest use. Men are a dead weight, they’re clumsy and maladjusted (Clumsy Quotes) To pry into the secrets of this world, we must make experiments. But experiment is a clumsy instrument, afflicted with a fatal determinacy which destroys causality (Clumsy Quotes) I don’t tend to redraft, I will try to tidy it up, but basically I feel what I write down first has got the impetus, it may be clumsy, it may be repetitive, but a good editor can take that out. That first writing bit is the best thing you will do (Clumsy Quotes) If you can’t imagine it, think clumsy silence. Think bits and pieces of floating despair. And drowning in a train (Clumsy Quotes) Moreover, the eye contains a big flaw: the retina is inside out. Why would an almighty designer do such a thing? No intelligent designer,.. would put such a clumsy arrangement in a camcorder, and this is just one of the hundreds of accidents frozen in evolutionary history that confirm the mindlessness of the historical process (Clumsy Quotes) I suppose I am one of life’s naturally clumsy people; I don’t drop stuff all the time, or break things, but I’m just generally a bit flustered (Clumsy Quotes) I am clumsy, a late and nervous driver, and despise all sports except a little gentle dancing or yoga (Clumsy Quotes) I was a dork. I’m still kind of goofy and clumsy and not always the most graceful person (Clumsy Quotes) Even at the worst of times, when nothing goes right, when the prose is clumsy and the ideas feel stale, at least we’re doing something that we genuinely love. There’s no other reason to work this hard, except that love (Clumsy Quotes) Dogs are actually very smart, it’s just that they’re rather clumsy, but it’s this trait that makes humans attracted to them and why I love dogs so much (Clumsy Quotes) The beauty of the collage technique is that you’re using sounds that have never met and were never supposed to meet. You introduce them to each other, at first they’re a bit shy, clumsy, staring at their shoes. But you can sense there’s something there. So you cut and paste a little bit and by the end of the song you can spot them in the corner, holding hands (Clumsy Quotes) That’s the clarinet I used to use... but it’s just a piece of wood, you know, with holes in it and they put these clumsy keys on it and you’re supposed to try to take that and manipulate it with throat muscles and chops... and try to make something happen that never happened before. And when you do, you never forget it. It beats sex, it beats anything (Clumsy Quotes)

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