"To find the length of an object, we have to perform certain physical operations. The concept of length is therefore fixed when the operations by which length is measured are fixed that is, the concept of length involves as much as and nothing more than the set of operations by which length is determined."

-- Percy Williams Bridgman

#Determined Quotes #Length Quotes #Operations Quotes

“I never let them cough. They wouldn't dare.”

Source : 1956 Of her audiences. In the New York Post, 7 Jun.
“Stopping an army, isn't that something you try 300 times before you do it?”
“And unlike the rest of you, he hasnâ€™t yet time to ruin his career or his mind." "Then he wonâ€™t do. Send him home. Get us another lunatic." "Excuse me!" [hopping up to stand in his seat] "Elassar Targon, master of the universe, reporting for duty!" "I withdraw my objection.”
“And only the enlightened can recall their former lives; for the rest of us, the memories of past existences are but glints of light, twinges of longing, passing shadows, disturbingly familiar, that are gone before they can be grasped, like the passage of that silver bird on Dhaulagiri.”

Source : Peter Matthiessen (2008). “The Snow Leopard”, p.113, Penguin
“What do you imagine the American people would think of me if I wasted my time going to the ball game?”
“I, Binyavanga Wainaina, quite honestly swear I have known I am a homosexual since I was five.”

Source : "I am a homosexual, mum". africasacountry.com. January 19, 2014.
“When we reveal ourselves to our partner and find that this brings healing rather than harm, we make an important discovery - that intimate relationship can provide a sanctuary from the world of facades, a sacred space where we can be ourselves, as we are ...This kind of unmasking - speaking our truth, sharing our inner struggles, and revealing our raw edges - is sacred activity, which allows two souls to meet and touch more deeply.”

Source : John Welwood (1996). “Love and Awakening: Discovering the Sacred Path of Intimate Relationship”, Harpercollins
“I had an epiphany: I was a loser.”

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