"But I quite like the way you can talk about science without necessarily using mathematics, but using metaphors instead."

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Source : Scarlett Thomas (2008). “The End Of Mr. Y”, p.26, Canongate Books

Scarlett Thomas

#Way Quotes #Metaphor Quotes #Mathematics Quotes

“Good music often starts in underground culture and then comes to the surface.”

Source : Source: www.buzzfeed.com
“The Bible is still the only dirty book I've ever read, at least in its current incarnation as a weapon of the homophobes. Bible scholarship keeps trying to catch up, proving that all the hatred of gay is just stupid translation, though the snake-oil preachers don't want to hear it.”

Source : Paul Monette (2017). “Reflections: The World of Paul Monette”, p.33, Open Road Media
“The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love.”
“We need to review the process for the election of Speaker. We've got to reform Question Time, which is really a waste of time. There are so many things that we need to do to reform our Parliament and I think it's bigger than that. It's all about the sort of leadership that people are getting at the moment. They're fed up with this sorta day-to-day bickering, not putting the national interest ahead of these narrow partisan interests.”
“My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar”
“I need to keep my story count high. I'm trying to get as many stories in my hour as is humanly possible. We're telling more stories in our hour than any national newscast has in the history of this business, I think.”

Source : "NewsHour" with Terence Smith, www.freerepublic.com. June 28, 2001.
“Homes and buildings, many of which are old and drafty, eat up 40 percent of the energy America uses. Such inefficiencies perpetuate our reliance on foreign oil, imperiling our national security and increasing our contribution to climate change.”

Source : "Creating Jobs by Investing in Energy Efficiency" by Rep. Peter Welch, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 5, 2010.
“To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the game”

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