"I do not see that the sex of the candidate is an argument against her admission as a Privatdozent. After all, the Senate is not a bathhouse. Objecting to sex discrimination being the reason for rejection of Emmy Noether's application to join the faculty at the University of Gottingen."

-- David Hilbert

#Sex Quotes #Rejection Quotes #Discrimination Quotes

“Your brain is not formed when you're born, you have to build your brain.”

Source : "Unfolding Language, Unfolding Life". "On Being" with Krista Tippett, onbeing.org. February 4, 2016.
“The only reason for mastering technique is to make sure the body does not prevent the soul from expressing itself.”
“Easter occurs on different dates each year because, like the Jewish Passover, it is based upon the vernal equinox, that dramatic moment when the hours of the day-light and the hours of darkness at last draw parallel and then the light finally and triumphantly wins out. Thus Easter is always fixed as the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox. It's a cosmic, solar, and lunar event as deeply rooted in religious traditions originating from sun-god worship as one could conceivably imagine.”
“I casually listen to mixes, but I don't know all the names of the tunes and the producers and stuff. It's hard to keep up with.”

Source : Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. March 15, 2011.
“I sometimes think that God will ask us, 'That wonderful world of mine, why didn't you enjoy it more?”

Source : Ronald Blythe (2007). “Out of the Valley: Another Year at Wormingford”, p.18, Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
“No one can tell you what your life is goin to be, can they? No. It's never like what you expected. Quijada nodded. If people knew the story of their lives how many would then elect to live them?”
“But please remember, that in 1991 in the Seym [lower chamber of polish parliament] I didn't demand the abolishment of Special Economic Zones. I demanded the creation of a single Special Economic Zone - which would encompass the whole country!”
“If people talk behind your back, it's because you're ahead of them.”

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