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#Occupation Quotes #Stories Quotes #Unusual Quotes

“What exactly is mathematics? Many have tried but nobody has really succeeded in defining mathematics; it is always something else.”
“You don't hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school.”
“Even more than feeling healthy, most people want to feel free and in control.”

Source : "How to Transform Your Lifestyle and Your Life (Part One)" by Dean Ornish, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 15, 2010.
“Who would not want an illness that has among its symptoms elevated and expansive mood, inflated self-esteem, abundance of energy, less need for sleep, intensified sexuality, and- most germane to our argument here-"sharpened and unusually creative thinking" and "increased productivity"?”
“Their houses are all built in the shape of tents, with very high chimneys.”

Source : Christopher Columbus, Bartolomé de las Casas (1827). “Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus to America: From a Manuscript Recently Discovered in Spain”, p.50
“I actually didn't like Jane Austen. I was more into the Brontes. They were so wild and passionate. I thought there was something a bit tame about Austen.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The foreign audiences are somewhat surprised and happy to find an American film that asks questions about American culture. There's a certain kind of cultural imperialism that we practice. Our films penetrate every market in the world. I have seen and have had people reflect to me, maybe not in so many words or specifically, but I get the subtext of it - they're somewhat charmed and surprised and happy to see an American film reflect on our culture. Because they see other cultures reflect on our culture but they don't see US culture reflecting on itself in quite the same way.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“The average man plays to the gallery of his own self-esteem.”

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