"A lot of people experience the world with the same incredulity as when a magician pulls a rabbit out of a hat.â€¦We know that the world is not all sleight of hand and deception because we are in it, we are part of it. Actually we are the white rabbit being pulled out of the hat. The only difference beween us and the white rabbit is that the rabbit does not realize it is taking part in a magic trick."

-- Jostein Gaarder

#Hands Quotes #White Quotes #Differences Quotes

“We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering things that people are talking about doing.”
“But economic recovery must be earned. And it will be earned by entrepreneurs and it will be earned by small businesses.”

Source : Interview with Alexander Burns, www.politico.com. February 23, 2009.
“When even one virtue becomes our nature, the mind becomes clean and tranquil. Then there is no need to practice meditation; we will automatically be meditating always. (151)”
“Cut the pie any way you like, "meanings" just ain't in the head!”

Source : Hilary Putnam (1979). “Philosophical Papers: Volume 2, Mind, Language and Reality”, p.227, Cambridge University Press
“Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.”
“God will only give you what you would have asked for if you knew everything he knows”
“I wanted to give people a glimpse of my lifestyle and into the lifestyle of me and all my friends and all the people that I know. It's basically just coming up and going up. It's about growing up, elevating, chilling and vibing. And smoking. I wanted to make a piece of art that you could put on while you are hot boxing your car and riding around with your friends.”
“I don't think victory over death... is anything so superficial as a person fulfilling their normal span of life. It can be twofold; a victory over death by the man who faces it for himself without fear, and a victory by those who, loving him, know that death is but a little thing compared with the fact that he lived and was the kind of person he was.”

Source : Winifred Holtby, Vera Brittain (1960). “Selected letters of Winifred Holtby and Vera Brittain, 1920-1935”

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