"And we are not mountaintop sages who can live by consuming mist."

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Source : Mineko Iwasaki, Rande Brown (2012). “Geisha Of Gion: The True Story Of Japan's Foremost Geisha”, p.287, Simon and Schuster

Mineko Iwasaki

#Sage Quotes #Mist Quotes #Live By Quotes

“After a certain point, a heart with so many stress fractures can never be anything but broken.”
“I like that free spirit where you can laugh together and argue. I love a writer's room.”
“I did not bring Deism into Bavaria more than into Rome. I found it here, in great vigour, more abounding than in any of the neighboring Protestant States. I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.”
“In New York and LA, there is sort of that silent competition to be on the cutting edge of something.”
“Men prefer to believe that they are degenerated angels, rather than elevated apes.”

Source : William Winwood Reade (1874). “The Martyrdom of Man”, p.395
“Emotions are classes in the Earth school. Some classes are about fear, and some are about love. The Universe is your tutor, and your classroom is your life. The main course in the Earth school, Authentic Power, is the same for everyone, but different students need different courses in order to complete it.”
“I was a waitress years ago when I was first trying to become an actress, waiting tables in New York City.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We now had impressive evidence that low protein intake could markedly decrease enzyme activity and prevent dangerous carcinogen binding to DNA.”

Source : T. Colin Campbell, Thomas M. Campbell (II.) (2013). “The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-Term Health”, p.57, BenBella Books, Inc.

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