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Oliver Lodge

"There is no instrument for measuring the pressure of the Ether, which is probably millions of times greater: it is altogether too uniform for direct apprehension. A deep-sea fish has probably no means of apprehending the existence of water, it is too uniformly immersed in it: and that is our condition in regard to the Ether."

Source : Oliver Lodge (2012). “Ether and Reality: A Series of Discourses on the Many Functions of the Ether of Space”, p.28, Cambridge University Press

Oliver Lodge

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“He that but looketh on a plate of ham and eggs to lust after it hath already committed breakfast with it in his heart”
“Successful trading depends on the 3M`s - Mind, Method and Money. Beginners focus on analysis, but professionals operate in a three dimensional space. They are aware of trading psychology their own feelings and the mass psychology of the markets. Each trader needs to have a method for choosing specific stocks, options or futures as well as firm rules for pulling the trigger - deciding when to buy and sell. Money refers to how you manage your trading capital.”
“Michelle Obama was asked when life begins. According to her it's when she and Barack take over the White House.”
“It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.”
“Between the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the day's occupations, That is known as the Children's Hour.”
“Hunger is almost like something the West does. It's almost like the direct result of the way the West performs.”
“Do not be one of those who, rather than risk failure, never attempts anything.”
“Superstition is just another form of thought like any other, a form that accentuates and regulates the association of ideas, it's an exacerbation, an illness, but, in fact, all thought is sickness, which is why no one ever thinks too much, at least most people do their best not to.”

Source : Javier Marías, Margaret Jull Costa (1997). “Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me”, p.217, New Directions Publishing

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