"And men go about to wonder at the heights of the mountains, and the mighty waves of the sea, and the wide sweep of rivers, and the circuit of the ocean, and the revolution of the stars, but themselves they consider not."

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Source : Letter to Dionigi di Borgo San Sepolcro, as translated by James Harvey Robinson (1898), April 26, 1336.

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“I can pass a drug test in eight days with herbal cleansers. I drink 10 pounds of water and sweat out 10 pounds of water every day. I'll be fine.”

Source : "MMA fighter Nick Diaz says smoking marijuana is part of his plan" by Lance Pugmire, articles.latimes.com. April 9, 2009.
“I think our brains does have a tendency to be true to its own ideas and statements. Everything we do and everything we think about is a belief. Until we get to the point where we look beyond our own ego-self, and to some degree beyond our own mind, we are always going to make assumptions and have beliefs to make our brains feel more comfortable. And if we can get to a point where we embrace that uncertainty and doubt, and be willing to learn from that and to explore that, I think that that could be a very positive experience.”
“The real drug is to train like a madman, really like a madman.”
“I wish you luck with a capital F.”

Source : Song: Love Went Mad, Album: Punch the Clock, 1983
“For my last birthday, Dad bought me a pocket-sized Collins English Dictionary. It would only fit in a pocket that had been specially designed.”
“A muse comes down from Mount Olympus and changes my attitude, cheering me up - it's an inner intuition, suddenly giving a breakthrough to be able to move ahead.”
“Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits down and considers just how many people know the real truth about his or her love affairs.”
“I don't think America knows what a gay parent looks like. I am the gay parent.”

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