"The mind revels in conjecture. Where information is lacking, it will gladly fill in the gaps."

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Source : James Geary (2011). “The World in a Phrase”, p.33, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

James Geary

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“Tis not the meat, but 'tis the appetite makes eating a delight.”

Source : c.1638 Sonnet no.2.
“You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.”
“I focused on the passing houses filled with couples whoâ€™d somehow survived this teenage craziness of â€˜he likes her but she likes him and he likes somebody else, you just canâ€™t win.â€™ How did they do it? How did they end up in their golden, warm and cozy living rooms with their 2.3 children and dogs and cats? Because getting from where I was to where they were seemed millions of light years away.”
“I think it's the same with all the relationships between a man and a woman. They can survive anything so long as some kind of basic humanity exists between the two people. When all kindness has gone, when one person obviously and sincerely doesn't care if the other is alive or dead, then it's just no good. -- from Quantum of Solace”
“Many people believe that making themselves the key person in their lives is a bad thing. It's simply good common sense. After all, you're the only person who's with you 24/7 until you draw your last breath.”

Source : "8 Principles for Having Fun" by Lauren Mackler, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 24, 2010.
“My jogging is the best thing in my life. Wake up in the morning and jog. Come to the gym and train my ***** off. Be fit, make myself fit. Feel like a man. Because when you get to the ring and you start to get tired, it's very bad.”

Source : Source: www.boxinginsider.com
“I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don't think about it is when I'm playing it.”
“Most visions of extraterrestrial life are actually steeped in human hubris. The fictional extraterrestrials of 'Star Trek' or a hundred other space operas are less alien than many of my neighbors. And funny, the ones running the place are mostly WASPish men.”

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