Though the phenomenon is harder to picture, the mass of the sun curves space-time in such a way that although the earth follows a straight path in four-dimensional space-time, it appears to us to move along a nearly circular orbit in
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“Brandy says, “Don’t you see? Because we’re so trained to do life the right way. To not make mistakes.” Brandy says, “I figure, the bigger the mistake looks, the better chance I’ll have to break out and live a real life.”
― Invisible Monsters Remix
― Invisible Monsters Remix
“Instead of thinking that each problem you face is a tragedy, you can use the creative side of your brain—which is likely to benefit from your FAST MINDS traits—to figure out a solution.”
― Fast Minds: How to Thrive If You Have ADHD
― Fast Minds: How to Thrive If You Have ADHD
“In our normal experience, it is time and space that are absolute, while speed is a relative thing: how fast something is perceived to be moving depends upon how fast you yourself are moving. But as one approaches light speed, it is speed that becomes an absolute quantity, and therefore space and time must become relative!”
― The Physics of Star Trek
― The Physics of Star Trek
“Ma da questo libro quante menti corrotte come la tua trarrebbero l’estremo sillogismo, per cui il riso è il fine dell’uomo! Il riso distoglie, per alcuni istanti, il villano dalla paura. Ma la legge si impone attraverso la paura, il cui nome vero è timor di Dio.”
― Il nome della rosa
― Il nome della rosa
“Non conta la fede che un movimento propone, conta la speranza che offre. Gratta l’eresia, troverai il lebbroso. E ogni battaglia contro l’eresia vuole solo che il lebbroso rimanga lebbroso.”
― Il nome della rosa
― Il nome della rosa
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