"Biology can be said to define possibilities but not determine them; it is never irrelevant but it is also not determinant."

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Source : Cordelia Fine (2005). “Delusions of Gender: The Real Science Behind Sex Differences”, p.122, Icon Books Ltd

Cordelia Fine

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“It's kind of too movie-like to say, "When I started climbing, I knew I wanted to climb Everest some day." Instead, I just started rock climbing as a kid, when I was 16, and then I started teaching and a buddy of mine started taking me out.”

Source : Source: www.summitdaily.com
“Dare to conceive of greater things for yourself. Dare to see yourself as strong, confident, successful, and possessed of the patience and stability to keep on moving in the direction of your dreams. "Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be. Your idea is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil."”
“He grinned at her, and she grinned at him, and it seemed to Maria that suddenly the sun came out.”
“A beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a dawn.”
“You quit, you lose. You keep going, you may still lose. But, your ambition will never die.”
“Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is the basis of all love....”

Source : Thomas Traherne (2007). “Centuries of Meditations”, p.266, Cosimo, Inc.
“Even today to be civilised is held to be synonymous with being westernised. Advanced countries devote large resources to formulating and spreading ideas and doctrines and they tend to impose on the developing nations their own norms and methods. The pattern of the classical acquisitive society with its deliberate multiplication of wants not only is unsuited to conditions in our countries but is positively harmful.”
“I think Mick Jagger would be astounded and amazed if he realized that to many people he is not a sex symbol, but a mother image.”

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