"The map of what we call reality is an ever-shifting mosaic of ideas."

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Source : Marcelo Gleiser (2014). “The Island of Knowledge: The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning”, p.14, Basic Books

Marcelo Gleiser

#Reality Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Mosaics Quotes

“Ask what you can do for influencers, not what influencers can do for you - develop relationships!”
“In the old days drivers were fat and tires were skinny.”
“If a period is a stop sign, then what kind of traffic flow is created by other marks? The comma is a speed bump; the semicolon is what a driver education teacher calls a “rolling stop”; the parenthetical expression is a detour; the colon is a flashing yellow light that announces something important up ahead; the dash is a tree branch in the road.”
“As her newest apprentice, it had been my job to go to the market every morning. I had gotten all the jobs no one else wanted, but I had treated each task as if it had been essential to do well -- a trick I had learned from my father.”
“One thing changes every evening: It's the audience, and I'm working my magic. I'm always learning from it”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I'm far more relaxed with German. I'm a control freak. I like to know exactly who's saying and doing what.”
“Music is the language of the heart without words.”
“I find it more enjoyable investing time doing what pleases me, rather than wasting precious time attempting to please everyone else.”

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