"Sometimes desire is air, sometimes desire is liquid. And every now and then, when everything else is air and liquid, desire solidifies, and the body is the magnet that draws its weight."

-- David Levithan

#Air Quotes #Desire Quotes #Weight Quotes

“Pragmatism , in trying to turn experimental physics into a prototype of all science and to model all spheres of intellectual life after the techniques of the laboratory, is the counterpart of modern industrialism, for which the factory is the prototype of human existence, and which models all branches of culture after production on the conveyor belt.”

Source : Max Horkheimer (2004). “EPZ Eclipse of Reason”, p.35, A&C Black
“Coach may have been the greatest innovator the sport has ever had.”

Source : "'Miracle' coach Brooks dies in auto accident" by Gerald Eskenazi, www.sfgate.com. August 12, 2003.
“When you do a reality show and host shows, it's hard to have secrets.”
“Among irrational animals the love of the offspring and of the parents for each other is extraordinary because God, who created them, compensated for the deficiency of reason by the superiority of their senses.”
“I didn't die nor win.”
“DonÂ´t hesitate or allow yourself to make excuses. Just get out and do it. Just get out and do it. You will be very, very glad that you did.”
“A bit is worth 10,000 basis points.”

Source : William Poundstone (2010). “Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street”, p.75, Macmillan
“Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was myself. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.”

Source : 'Chuang Tzu' (1889, translated by H. A. Giles) ch. 2

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