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Rembrandt

Intro

"I suppose writers are always looking for a fresh angle. We’ve already had Anne Boleyn the witch, and in 2010 she became a vampire queen in a novel by S. Cinsearae, so it’s only a matter of time before she’s an alien robot intent on wiping out the Earth. And with Henry VIII for a husband, frankly, who would blame her?"

Termites

Having ideas is not the same thing as being creative. Creation is execution, not inspiration. Talking about a film script, podcast or app is not the same as writing a film script, doing a podcast or making an app.

Waarden en deugden

De mentale energie die het meeste bijdraagt aan full engagement is realistisch optimisme: de wereld zien zoals hij is, maar altijd werkend naar een gewenste uitkomst of oplossing.

At first you’re scared of crashing into something but don’t let it put you off. Just run. It’s easy. The rain on your face and the wind makes it feel like you’re going superfast. It’s very refreshing.

Sofie Amundsen was op weg van school naar huis.

Many of Leonardo’s projects – from helicopters to diving bells – were so advanced that they belonged not to his time but to ours.

Having survived the onslaught of Y. Pestis, the world was suddenly awash with new ideas, discoveries and technologies – some of them revived from the classical era and others invented afresh.

nothing taller than Lincoln Cathedral’s spire was built anywhere in the world until the Eiffel Tower (300m) in 1887

Castle building: works could easily be derailed at any time by bad weather, lightning, fires, war and other disasters of fate, including attacks by enemy armies. As a rule, peaceful lands did not need giant castles, so tranquil working conditions were not a luxury granted to engineers.d

Don’t fear compromise – being afraid to compromise will only limit your choices. Recalibration and compromise aren’t to do with a loss of integrity – if anything, they demonstrate integrity. Show me someone with a plan who is determined to only do it one way, and I’ll show you a failure.

Here’s a question that can help you work out what your priorities are: ‘You only have six months to live: what do you want to do?’

In a room full of 3,000 people, the comic is the one person facing the wrong way.

You may think I’m very talented, funny and charming, not to mention the good looks and humbling modesty. And to you I’d say, ‘Thank you. This book is for you.’

His sheer aptitude for learning dazzled those who knew him. Isidore’s friend Braulio described him as ‘a man educated in every kind of expression, so that in the quality of his speech he was suited to both the ignorant audience and the learned. Indeed, he was famous for his incomparable eloquence.’

The wool tax was one of the most important. It was white gold. And it did not just enrich the crown. Thanks to the demand for English wool, English sheep farmers thrived.

Coffee isn’t just about caffeine; it contains some fibre and, similar to tea and dark chocolate, it’s packed with polyphenols, which are known to have gut health benefits, and should stay part of our daily diets.

A study of over 23,000 US adults found that overweight and obese people not only drank more ‘low-cal’ diet drinks than people of a healthy weight, but they also ate more food. This is probably because they thought they were being ‘healthy’ by reducing their liquid calories, subconsciously giving themselves permission to eat more.

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