"I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking action--no matter what the action is--might help you feel better."

-- A. J. Jacobs

#Uplifting Quotes #Mean Quotes #Feel Better Quotes

“Yeah, that test says he's dumb as a fence post, but when he hits he looks like Einstein to me.”
“Pigs eat grass if they are very hungry, but they can't use it as a regular source of food.”
“I knew very little or nothing about the Olympics. Having qualified was itself a big achievement for me, and then being there was quite overwhelming. Although I lost in the opening round, but the fact that I fought well was enough for me to take away from Athens.”

Source : "I am happy with my preparations: Vijender Singh". Interview, timesofindia.indiatimes.com. June 29, 2012.
“Our current use of time is not rational. There is therefore no point in seeking marginal improvements in how we spend our time. We need to go back to the drawing board and overturn all our assumptions about time.”

Source : Richard Koch (2011). “The 80/20 Principle”, p.132, Nicholas Brealey Publishing
“Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres!”
“Music and culture are intrinsically improvisational, existential.”
“A person's willingness to conform to arbitrary parameters is not a good criterion for selecting talent or allocating rewards.”
“Being raised Catholic in a pressure-cooker household besieged by alcohol and bill collectors enforced and heightened a sense of sentry duty in me, the oldest of five children and the one most responsible for keeping everything from capsizing. Wild indulgence was for other people, the non-worriers.”

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