"In proportion to our body mass, our brain is three times as large as that of our nearest relatives. This huge organ is dangerous and painful to give birth to, expensive to build and, in a resting human, uses about 20 per cent of the body's energy even though it is just 2 per cent of the body's weight. There must be some reason for all this evolutionary expense."

-- Susan Blackmore

#Giving Quotes #Brain Quotes #Three Quotes

“Find something you love and commit. Commit 100%. Put your head down, and work as hard as you can. Make it as best you can, and that's all you can really do. It doesn't sound like much, but lots of people don't do the work. And it's not men or women. Lots of people like to be the director, but don't like to do a lot of the work that is sometimes quite tedious.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“I jumped out of an airplane on my 34th birthday because I promised myself I would. I have an interest in confronting my fears.”
“Many years ago, a large American shoe company sent two sales reps to different parts of the Australian outback. A while later, the company received a telegram from each. The first said, 'No business here - the natives don't wear shoes.' The second said, 'Great opportunity here - the natives don't wear shoes.'”
“Kid 1: *examining my gorgeous strawberry and blueberry pies*: Wow, Mom, your pies donâ€™t look awful this time. Me (Ilona): ... ~A little later~ Kid 2: *wandering into the kitchen* Kid 1: Hey, youâ€™ve got to see these pies. *opening the stove* Kid 2: Wow. They are not ugly this time. Kid 1: I know, right?”
“I don't know when we'll see each other again or what the world will be like when we do. We may both have seen many horrible things. But I will think of you every time I need to be reminded that there is beauty and goodness in the world.”
“The George Washington Masonic National Memorial is a fitting tribute to so great a man and Mason. Its message should be as prominent in our lives as the Memorial itself in the skyline of the Federal City. Wherever we are, in Alexandria, Virginia, the District of Columbia of should be in our moral horizon, beckoning us to greater achievements as citizens and Masons.”
“In some remote regions of Islam it is said, a woman caught unveiled by a stranger will raise her skirt to cover her face.”

Source : Raymond Mortimer (1976). “Try anything once”, Hamish Hamilton
“I can't reasonably pretend to be a transparent and omniscient narrator who brings no personal perspective. That person doesn't exist.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

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