"It feltâ€”nearly twenty-five hundred years after Hippocrates had naively coined the overarching term karkinosâ€”that modern oncology was hardly any more sophisticated in its taxonomy of cancer."

-- Siddhartha Mukherjee

#Cancer Quotes #Years Quotes #Taxonomy Quotes

“Digital living will include less and less dependence upon being in a specific place at a specific time, and the transmission of place itself will start to become possible.”
“There is no way forward that isnâ€™t through pain.”
“Hats off, gentlemen - a genius! If the mighty autocrat of the north knew what a dangerous enemy threatened him in Chopin's works in the simple tunes of his mazurkas, he would forbid this music. Chopin's works are canons buried in flowers.”
“People who read are people who dream, and we connect through the stories we live and tell and read.”
“WHAT A TIRING WAY TO LIVE, WHEN YOUR SELF-WORTH IS CONSTANTLY RELYING ON THE AFFIRMATION AND APPROVAL OF OTHERS.”

Source : Darlene Zschech (2001). “Extravagant worship”
“Nationalism is both a vital medicine and a dangerous drug”
“I find that the great majority of public servants across the entire political spectrum come because they believe in the United States and they want to change the world.”
“Often people freeze under severe pressure, but that says nothing about their ultimate capability- only their level of preparation.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz

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