"To like Keats is a test of fitness for understanding poetry, just as to like Shakespeare is a test of general mental capacity."

-- George Gissing

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“I have noticed bakers with swelled hands, and painful, too; in fact the hands of all such workers become much thickened by the constant pressure of kneading the dough.”

Source : Bernardino Ramazzini (1964). “Diseases of Workers”
“Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.”
“My position as regards the monied interests can be put in a few words. In every civilized society property rights must be carefully safeguarded; ordinarily and in the great majority of cases, human rights and property rights are fundamentally and in the long run, identical; but when it clearly appears that there is a real conflict between them, human rights must have the upper hand; for property belongs to man and not man to property.”
“In the last 15 to 20 years the best central midfielder that I have seen â€” the most complete â€” is Scholes. I have spoken with Xabi Alonso about this many times. Scholes is a spectacular player who has everything. He can play the final pass, he can score, he is strong, he never gets knocked off the ball and he doesnâ€™t give possession away. If he had been Spanish then maybe he would have been valued more.”
“Not everybody's confident their whole life.”
“I actually have great hopes for the future.”
“I had never thought of myself as a dramatist, and, for really good technical results, the thought came too late: a man of letters has become too wordy to write economically for the stage.”
“In general, losing weight is a good thing for those who are overweight, but it's important to lose weight in a way that enhances your health rather than one that may compromise it.”

Source : "All Calories are Not the Same!" by Dean Ornish, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 6, 2009.

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