"There are 2 kind of batsmen in the world. One Sachin Tendulkar. Two all the others"

“Negative thoughts were treated by Cherokee healers with the same medicines as wounds, headaches, or physical illness. It was believed that unchecked negative thoughts can permeate the being and manifest themselves in negative actions.”

Source : Wilma Mankiller, Gloria Steinem (2016). “Every Day Is a Good Day: Reflections by Contemporary Indigenous Women”, p.47, Fulcrum Publishing

“According to energy medicine, we are all living history books. Our bodies contain our histories- every chapter, line and verse of every event and relationship in our lives. As our lives unfold, our biological health becomes a living, breathing biographical statement that conveys our strengths, weaknesses, hopes and fears.”

“The life of the arts is far from an interruption, a distraction, in the life of a nation, is close to the center of a nation's purpose-and is a test of the quality of a nations' civilization.”

“And when I say it, they get alarmed... 'Cause I'm louder than a bomb.”

“Try to do ugly things so that you make them beautiful... The more delicate the thing is in nature the more one must look for the solemn note. Color in nature is never pretty, it's beautiful.”

“We recently had an extension built, to house a closet. It's like the Tardis - I go in there and never come out.”

“I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.”

“I was diagnosed with a severe temporal spatial deficit, a learning disability that means I have zero spatial relations skills. It was official: I was a genius trapped in an idiot's body.”

Source : Sloane Crosley (2010). “How Did You Get This Number”, p.24, Penguin