"The rate of technological and human physiological change in the 20th century has been remarkable. Beyond that, a synergy between the improved technology and physiology is more than the simple addition of the two."

-- Robert Fogel

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“Hold a baseball in your hand ... Feel the ball, turn it over in your hand; hold it across the seam or the other way, with the seam just to the side of your middle finger. Speculation stirs. You want to get outdoors and throw this spare and sensual object to somebody or, at the very least, watch somebody else throw it. The game has begun.”

Source : Roger Angell (2013). “Five Seasons: A Baseball Companion”, p.5, Open Road Media
“I have proven people wrong so many times. I was told when I was younger there is no chance I will make the top 100, top 50, top 30. Every time I have proven them wrong. It's kind of nice.”

Source : "US Open 2014 - Caroline Wozniacki: 'I had a game plan in mind, and I just went for my shots'". Interview, www.ubitennis.net. September 3, 2014.
“Madness, provided it comes as the gift of heaven, is the channel by which we receive the greatest blessings... the men of old who gave things their names saw no disgrace or reproach in madness; otherwise they would not have connected it with the name of the noblest of arts, the art of discerning the future, and called it the manic art... So, according to the evidence provided by our ancestors, madness is a nobler thing than sober sense... madness comes from God, whereas sober sense is merely human.”
“I didn't come from a traditional Tory background; it was urban and metropolitan.”
“Well, yeah, sometimes I get a little too creative.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Men use one another to assure their personal victory over death.”
“I wanted to be a pianist but it just wasn't my thing. I guess I wanted to stand up rather than sit down.”
“Meditation practice is relevant because in meditation our conceptual mind relaxes and we can feel who we are at heart.”

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