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“Monotony collapses time; novelty unfolds it. You can exercise daily and eat healthily and live a long life, while experiencing a short one. If you spend your life sitting in a cubicle and passing papers, one day is bound to blend unmemorably into the next - and disappear.”
Source : Joshua Foer (2011). “Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything”, p.61, Penguin
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“I don't know what I would do without my smartphone as I am on the go all day.”
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“If someone really loves you, they'll do the right thing... for you.”
Source : "Meet Breaking Dawn's Booboo Stewart!". Interview with Ellen Collis, www.seventeen.com. November 15, 2011.
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“I advocate for people who believe sex work is work. But women have so many avenues open. In the same way, a trans woman or a hijra should have that many doors open. If later on she chooses sex work, that's fine. But she shouldn't have to choose sex work because all the other doors are closed. Every hijra or trans person is not a sex worker. We need our own respect. And whoever chooses sex work after having all doors open, I really respect that.”
Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
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“When I was president of the company, I said, 'Okay, I can do this - piece of cake.' Then when you are the CEO, the responsibilities multiply enormously because you worry about everything.”
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“When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive.”
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“We should greatly err, if we endeavoured to force all ancient nature into a close comparison with existing operations.”
Source : Roderick Impey Murchison (1854). “Siluria: the history of the oldest known rocks containing organic remains”, p.481
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“To understand this whole area, you have to stop thinking like a viewer and start thinking like a network programming exec.”