"Thumbs up or thumbs down on a website is not a conversation. The danger is you get into a habit of mind where politics means giving a thumbs up or thumbs down to a website. The world is a much more complex place."

-- Sherry Turkle

#Mean Quotes #Giving Quotes #Mind Quotes

“... men want recognition of their work, to help them believe in themselves.”

Source : Dorothy Miller Richardson (1931). “Dawn's Left Hand”
“The trouble with me is, I belong to a vanishing race. I'm one of the intellectuals.”

Source : The Petrified Forest act 1 (1934)
“Even when reading is impossible, the presence of books acquired (by passionate devotion to them) produces such an ecstasy that the buying of more books than one can peradventure read is nothing less than the soul reaching towards infinity ... we cherish books even if unread, their mere presence exudes comfort, their ready access, reassurance.”
“I love Marlon Brando and James Dean. That was when it was all about the star and the script. Nowadays, everything has to be action-packed.”
“One very important aspect of string theory is definitely testable. That was the prediction of supersymmetry, which emerged from string theory in the early '70s.”
“For whatever life holds for you and your family in the coming days, weave the unfailing fabric of God's Word through your heart and mind. It will hold you strong, even if the rest of life unravels.”

Source : Gigi Graham Tchividjian (2000). “Weatherproof Your Heart”, Spire
“Space is dark but, of course, when we're on the sun side of the Earth, we're in full illumination and we have all the reflection of the Earth below us, beautiful blue Earth and we're in daylight. Only on the back side, opposite side of the sun, it seems like night to us, too.”
“I always get scared doing a job. To this day, I start every job thinking, I really can't do this. And what I do when I'm insecure is I tighten up. If you work through the night you can do anything.”

Source : Source: classic.esquire.com

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