"Happiness, in one sense, is a function of how closely our world conforms to the infinite variety of human preference."

-- Malcolm Gladwell

#Our World Quotes #Infinite Quotes #Preference Quotes

“This story is true. Of course, there are many lies therein and most of it did not happen, but it's all true. In that sense it is deeply religious, perhaps even biblical.”

Source : Craig Ferguson (2010). “Between the Bridge and the River: A Novel”, p.9, Chronicle Books
“If we think about folk forms, they belong to disenfranchised people, people who have not been allowed access to the poetry of literature or the leisure time that comes with the pursuit of poetry. Instead, this is ceremony. This is a highly charged way to create a sacred space that isn't necessarily about God, but is about human experience at its most profound levels - whether that's love or grief, separation, or homeland. All are altered states.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“At age 12, I was put on tranquilizers when I should have gotten help. There was nothing major and awful, I just didn't feel my family was supportive and emotionally generous”
“In 1908, you could easily earn $20 to $200 as a cartoonist. What's amazing is that it's still true!”
“How scientists go about their job: and it's a process, it's a question of asking questions, respecting observation, respecting experiment, having tentative explanations and then testing them.... There is a problem sometimes with how we teach science at schools. Because we sometimes teach it as if it has been chiseled in stone.”
“Meaning is not in things but in between them.”

Source : Norman O. Brown (1990). “Love's Body, Reissue of 1966 edition”, p.247, Univ of California Press
“Fitness is a journey, not a destination; you must continue for the rest of your life.”
“What I believe in my heart must make sense in my mind.”

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