"We have the power to chose, moment by moment, who and how we want to be in the world."

-- Jill Bolte Taylor

#World Quotes #Want Quotes #Moments Quotes

“That's your responsibility as a person, as a human being - to constantly be updating your positions on as many things as possible. And if you don't contradict yourself on a regular basis, then you're not thinking.”

Source : "Malcolm Gladwell on Criticism, Tolerance, and Changing Your Mind" by Maria Popova, www.brainpickings.org.
“People don't stop me on the street and throw things at me. But I'm aware of what that dynamic is, so whenever people react strongly to a character and say that they hate me, I take it as a job well done. And for most people, there's a sense of removal. Most people are not saying, "Oh, my god, I hate you!" Most people that have reactions say, "I love to hate your character."”
“There's detailed information on how to assemble a nuclear weapon from parts. There's books about how to build a nuclear bomb.”
“The Labour Party is being led by a woman but she has not been elected to anything. She is the lady who makes the breakfast in the Kinnock household.”
“My parents both worked full time. I remember a lot of simple meals. Everything I know about cooking is self-schooled.”
“This world is out of date”

Source : Kamila Shamsie (2011). “Kartography”, p.5, A&C Black
“Pure mathematicians just love to try unsolved problems - they love a challenge.”

Source : "Andrew Wiles on Solving Fermat". "The Proof", episode of "NOVA", www.pbs.org. November 01, 2000.
“There are several ways to react to being lost. One is to panic: this was usually Valentina's first impulse. Another is to abandon yourself to lostness, to allow the fact that you've misplaced yourself to change the way you experience the world.”

Source : Audrey Niffenegger (2009). “Her Fearful Symmetry: A Novel”, p.264, Simon and Schuster

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