"The center line of science literacy - which not many people tell you, but I feel this strongly, and I will go to my grave making this point - is how you think."

-- Neil deGrasse Tyson

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Lines Quotes

“Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways.”

Source : "Art, Chess, Beauty and Depth". Interview with Ugo Dossi, en.chessbase.com. December 21, 2005.
“For those at home, as well as for those in battle, war is curiously disabling. The mere realization that one's country is at war poisons the bloodstream, creates an incessant mood of worry that infiltrates even the most casual moments.”

Source : Roger Rosenblatt (1994). “The Man in the Water: Essays and Stories”, Random House
“As Camille Paglia's success has demonstrated, what is most marketable is absolutism and attitude undiluted by thought.”

Source : Wendy Kaminer (1997). “True Love Waits”, Addison Wesley Publishing Company
“If you run a thousand miles a minute, you can expect to wear out a few pairs of shoes.”
“I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if they don't teach, one, that writing is hard work, and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer.”
“I have my cards read every time I pass a tarot-reader booth. I would be so embarrassed to have one of those 900 numbers appear on my phone bill, because I don't know how I would explain it to my business manager. It would almost be like saying, Okay, I'm white trash.”
“Jesus Christ is able to set us free because He has dealt with the sin that enslaves us.”
“I love fiction. I like reading short stories. Cupcakes, pop songs, Polaroids, and short stories. They all raise and answer questions in a short space. I like Lorrie Moore. Amy Hempel. Tim O'Brien. Raymond Carver. All the heartbreakers.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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