"Depression is not generalized pessimism, but pessimism specific to the effects of one's own skilled action."

-- Robert M. Sapolsky

#Action Quotes #Pessimism Quotes

“Over my lifetime, women have demonstrated repeatedly that they can do anything that men can do, while still managing traditional women's work at the same time. But the same expansion of roles has not been available to men.”

Source : "International Men’s Day" by Anne-Marie Slaughter, www.huffingtonpost.com. Match 8, 2011.
“Natural selection is not the wind which propels the vessel, but the rudder which, by friction, now on this side and now on that, shapes the course.”

Source : Asa Gray (1877). “Darwinia: Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism”
“When asked what characteristics Nobel prize winning physicists had in common Ø› I cannot think of a single one, not even intelligence”
“Tolerance is an essential value in the modern world, and we have daily reminders of how awful the alternatives to it are. And despite its paradoxical flavor, there are many good arguments - moral, prudential, and epistemic - in favor of tolerance, and none that I know of against it.”
“Whether we athletes liked it or not, the 4-minute mile had become rather like an Everest: a challenge to the human spirit, it was a barrier that seemed to defy all attempts to break it, an irksome reminder that men's striving might be in vain.”
“The near cousin of optimism is hope: knowing the steps needed to get to a goal and having the energy to pursue those steps. It is a primal motivating force, and its absence is paralyzing.”
“In addressing a task, one almost always has several possible options, sometimes only a few, and they may all be practical and functional. But they lack the aesthetic aspect that raises it to architecture.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I wanted to be a doctor when I was a kid, but I started doing theater in high school because it was a requirement. At first, I was completely irritated. But I ended up loving it.”

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