"I was cured all right."

-- Anthony Burgess

“You sure got a quick trigger, Sienna,â€ he teased...”
“The reason I'm not a neurobiologist but a cognitive psychologist is that I think looking at brain tissue is often the wrong level of analysis. You have to look at a higher level of organization.”
“A new world will be won not by those who stand at a distance with their arms folded, but by those who are in the arena, whose garments are torn by storms and whose bodies are maimed in the course of the contest.”
“You learnt that, whatever you are doing in life, obstacles don't matter very much. Pain or other circumstances can be there, but if you want to do a job bad enough, you'll find a way to get it done.”

Source : "The Mental Edge: Maximize Your Sports Potential with the Mind-body Connection". Book by Kenneth Baum and Richard Trubo, 1999.
“It's not virtual reality until you can be tortured to death in it.”
“It's a shame that creativity and sloth look exactly the same.”

Source : Louise Penny (2015). “The Chief Inspector Gamache Series”, p.180, Macmillan
“My friend and coach reminded me this week that there is a moment when the acrobat lets go of one trapeze and is completely suspended in mid-air before she catches the incoming rung. You have to let go to get there.”
“I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky and the Filmore. When Albert made his guitar cry, he could cut you so deep!”

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