"The belief in supernatural forces remains to this day a yoke on the neck of humanity, but at least Thales made it possible, for those of us who wish it, to be free of that yoke."

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Source : Victor J. Stenger (1990). “Physics and Psychics: The Search for a World Beyond the Senses”

Victor J. Stenger

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“The Arts Council of England, in a 1998 report on 11 countries, found that Germany spent $85 per capita on the arts. The United States spent a shocking $6. And Canada, in its stubborn balance, spent $46... It's the Canadian way to be halfway between the Old and New worlds.”
“For many years I had allowed my second husband to take credit for my paintings. But one day, unable to continue the deception any longer, I left him and my home in California and moved to Hawaii.”

Source : "Everything You Need To Know About Margaret & Walter Keane, Tim Burton’s Latest Obsession" by Katherine Brooks, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 23, 2014.
“A picture is an artificial work, outside nature. It calls for as much cunning as the commission of a crime.”
“Beware the horns of a bull, the heels of the horse, and the smile of an Englishman.”
“It's horrifying and absurd to think that there are currently more slaves on earth than at any other time in human history.”
“When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you.”
“There is no adequate definition for creative writing, any more than it is possible to describe pain or flavor or color.”
“Violet is the most soothing, tranquilizing and cooling color vibration. It encourages the healing of unbalanced mental conditions in people who are overly nervous or high-strung. Foods of the violet vibration are: purple broccoli, beetroot and purple grapes.”

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