"When people tell you to walk a certain way, it's like not thinking of a purple tomato. You can't not do it."

-- Helen Fisher

#Thinking Quotes #Purple Quotes #People Quotes

“The most hopeful thing in the stories, I hope, is wit. I make it up. If I make up a world in which we're ruled by big talking turds, it doesn't mean that we are. So you shouldn't feel depressed...”
“Why?â€ Eve leaned forward. â€œSincerely, Iâ€™ve always wanted to know why anyone buys multiple pairs of shoes at a time.â€ â€œIf I have to explain it, the joy is lost.”
“I was plunged into what was known as the debutante social whirl. This was one of the ways fathers justified their own hard work and sacrifices.”
“We as women are trained to see ourselves as cheap imitations of fashion photographs, rather than seeing fashion photographs as cheap imitations of women”

Source : Naomi Wolf (2013). “The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women”, p.105, Random House
“No one ever truly comes to know, honor, or worship God without being changed in the process”

Source : James Montgomery Boice (1998). “Psalms: Psalms 107-150”, Baker Publishing Group
“So much American science fiction is parochial -- not as true now as it was years ago, but the assumption is one culture in the future, more or less like ours, and with the same ideals, the same notions of how to do things, just bigger and flashier technology. Well, you know darn well it doesn't work that way...”
“The aim of mathematics is to explain as much as possible in simple terms.”

Source : Michael Atiyah (1988). “Collected Works: Michael Atiyah Collected Works: Volume 1: Early Papers; General Papers”, p.286, Oxford University Press
“It costs $2,500 to purchase a song and I know from experience that I like to score with songs.”

Source : Source: www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk

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