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“Even though disciplined sleeping habits and the adrenalin of live radio ensures that we are very awake while on duty, there is evidence of a phenomenon called circadian desynchronosis which causes one's brain to function slowly at those times of day when it thinks it should be asleep, regardless how wide awake the body is.”
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“Evaluations, in essence, are … ways of being, modes of existence of those who judge and evaluate.”
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“We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.”
Source : Four Quartets "Little Gidding" pt. 5 (1942)
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“After I finished the Atlantic swim I said "never again," but it didn't take long for me to change my mind. I like to push my limits. I want to raise money for cancer research and to inspire others to follow their dreams.”
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“Any idiot that wants to make a couple of thousand drawings for a hundred feet of film is welcome to join the club.”
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“Essentially any history we have is just a history of aristocrats. We don't have any history of people.”
Source : "Missed Opportunities". Pitchfork Interview, pitchfork.com.
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“Happy are those who have departed through martyrdom. Unhappy am I that I still survive.... Taking this decision is more deadly than drinking from a poisoned chalice. I submitted myself to Allah's will and took this drink for His satisfaction.”
Source : Ruhollah Khomeini's announcement of ceasefire with Iraq (July 20, 1988), as quoted in Efraim Karsh "The Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988", April 25, 2002.
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“Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.”