"The interaction of genetic and external influences makes my behaviour unpredictable, but not undetermined. In the gap between those words lies freedom."

-- Matt Ridley

#Lying Quotes #Behaviour Quotes #Gaps Quotes

“If there's anything that is the center of my career both creatively and emotionally, it's the Olympics.”
“The bigger issue, was the whole takeover of the food industry by big corporations.”
“My dad never pushed me but the big thing is that he helped me by going out in the backyard and playing with me.”
“I would like to see every newspaper and every magazine have a network of bureaus all over the world, gathering news.”

Source : "Nancy Gibbs, Time Executive Editor: iPad May Rejuvenate Long-Form Magazine Journalism" by Danny Shea, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 30, 2010.
“The earliest religious texts in the West ascribe to humankind both a prehistory and a destiny among the gods. M. David Litwa presents a striking survey of the varieties the latter of these beliefs has had, both within and outside the Christian tradition. Becoming Divine reconstructs an accessible and fascinating mosaic of this too-long neglected idea, utilizing figures as disparate as Orphic cultists, Augustine, and Nietzsche.”
“Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.”
“All the above is, of course, a gross simplification. There are deeper reasons to travel - itches and tickles on the underbelly of the unconscious mind. We go where we need to go, and then try to figure out what we're doing there.”

Source : Jeff Greenwald (2014). “Shopping for Buddhas: An Adventure in Nepal”, p.13, Travelers' Tales
“Life works most perfectly when a reciprocal love relationship is in place between man and God.”

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