"Scholars do one of two things when they discover information that doesn't fit what they already know. Either they sweep it aside so it doesn't bring their cherished theories into question or they focus on it with laserlike intensity and try to get to the bottom of the mystery."

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Source : Deborah Harkness (2011). “A Discovery of Witches: A Novel”, p.21, Penguin

Deborah Harkness

#Two Quotes #Focus Quotes #Trying Quotes

“During those long years in Oakland public schools, I did not have one teacher who taught me anything relevant to my own life or experience. Not one instructor ever awoke in me a desire to learn more or to question or to explore the worlds of literature, science, and history. All they did was try to rob me of the sense of my own uniqueness and worth, and in the process nearly killed my urge to inquire.”

Source : "Revolutionary Suicide". Book by Huey P. Newton, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1973.
“Personality is reduced and deformed with depleted thoughts and stagnant mind.”
“If one door closes and another does not open, try climbing thru a window, either way, make your way in.”

Source : Twitter post from Jan 10, 2017
“In the beginning was belief, foolish belief, and faith, empty faith, and illusion, the terrible illusion. ... We believed in God, had faith in man, and lived with the illusion that in each one of us is a sacred spark from the fire of the shekinah, that each one carried in his eyes and in his soul the sign of God. This was the sourceâ€”if not the causeâ€”of all our misfortune.”
“...we ask: Why suicide? We search for reasons, causes, and so on.... We follow the course of the life he has now so suddenly terminated as far back as we can. For days we are preoccupied with the question: Why suicide? We recollect details. And yet we must say that everything in the suicide's life- for now we know that all his life he was a suicide, led a suicide's existence- is part of the cause, the reason, for his suicide.”
“Philosophy only seems to offer endless dispute, with no cakes and ale.”

Source : Keith Ward (2013). “God: A Guide for the Perplexed”, p.183, Oneworld Publications
“I grew up at the base of a mountain in Virginia, so my comfort zone is that Appalachian area, where all the dudes wear Carhartt and all the women can put on a beautiful sweater with a snowman applique and nobody raises an eyebrow.”
“Being a mother is complicated because its not just a paternal culture making demands on you; its those internal demands and expectations that women have and are self-generated.”

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