"Imagine a famine. Now imagine a piece of bread. Both of these things are real but you happen to be in the same room with only one of them. Put yourself into a different room, thatâ€™s what the mind is for."

-- Margaret Atwood

#Real Quotes #Mind Quotes #Rooms Quotes

“Suicide isn't cowardly. I'll tell you what's cowardly; treating people so badly that they want to end their lives.”
“When suffering comes, we yearn for some sign from God, forgetting we have just had one.”
“We get nose jobs all the time in the NHL, and we don't even have to go to the hospital.”
“Never befriend the oppressed unless you are prepared to take on the oppressor.”
“The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do. The mystery which surrounds a thinking machine already surrounds a thinking man.”
“I was attracted by the curve â€” the liberated, sensual curve suggested by the possibilities of new technology yet so often recalled in venerable old baroque churches.”
“We must discover the joy of each other, the joy of challenge, the joy of growth.”
“We must go beyond organic, as it is currently defined in the National Organic Standards, and strive for food that is not only healthful and natural but also local... Buying locally means farmers get more of the food dollar, we get better nutrition, and less fuel is consumed in transport.”

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