"The world of fantasy fills the gaps in people's knowledge."

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Source : Fred Vargas (2014). “This Night's Foul Work”, p.208, Random House

Fred Vargas

#People Quotes #World Quotes #Gaps Quotes

“A Hubble Space Telescope photograph of the universe evokes far more awe for creation than light streaming through a stained glass window in a cathedral.”
“We have to heal our wounded world. The chaos, despair, and senseless destruction we see today are a result of the alienation that people feel from each other and their environment.”
“Globalization is not a monolithic force but an evolving set of consequences - some good, some bad and some unintended. It is the new reality.”

Source : "Globalization: A Rendezvous with Reality" by John B. Larson, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 31, 2007.
“I notice that teams are now more interested in Japanese players than when I first went to Europe.”
“If you can expect the unexpected, you can emotionally lick anyone.”
“Two forms of fat that are vitally important for brain health are cholesterol and saturated fat.”
“During the 1970s and 1980s, the popular television soap opera As The World Turns portrayed sunrise during the opening credits and sunset during the closing credits... The soap-opera sunrise showed the sun moving toward the left as it rose rather than to the right. They obviously had gotten a piece of film showing a sunset and played it in reverse... Had they called their local astrophysicists, any one of us might have recommended that if they needed to save money, they could have shown the sunset in a mirror before they showed it running backward.”
“I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.”

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