A Quotes
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“A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably.”
“A mediocre music teacher tells. A good music teacher explains. A superior music teacher demonstrates. A great music teacher inspires.”
“A mediocre season for Nelson Piquet as he is now known and always has been.”
“A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Quintilian (Illustrated)
“A mediocridade é o mais perigoso dos caçadores furtivos, e não descansará, nunca, enquanto não eliminar o animal raro que lhe faz sombra, que não a deixa dormir, a mesquinhez baixinha e insegura é eternamente agitada porque o animal raro, simplesmente, existe.”
Source: O Pianista de Hotel
“A meditative mind is at ease because it's not trying to acquire anything.”
“A Meditative mind is like a pool of water reflecting the universe. Even if a stone is thrown - such a mind will resonate with the splash, enjoy the ripples as they spread, and admire the journey as it goes down”
“A meditator cannot smoke, for the simple reason that he never feels nervous, in anxiety, in tension. Smoking helps - on a momentary basis - to forget about your anxieties, your tensions, your nervousness. Other things can do the same - chewing gum can do the same, but smoking does it the best. In your deep unconscious, smoking is related with sucking milk from your mother's breast. And as civilization has grown, no woman wants the child to be brought up by breast-feeding - naturally; he will destroy the breast. The breast will lose its roundness, its beauty.”
“A meditação zen é radicalmente diferente da meditação de Descartes, que, em sua orientação pela máxima da certeza, se salva da dúvida, como se sabe, por meio da ideia de “Eu” e de “Deus”. O mestre zen Dōgen comunicaria a Descartes que ele poderia continuar com a sua meditação, avançar ainda mais com a sua dúvida e aprofundá-la ainda mais, até chegar àquela grande dúvida, até ele mesmo se tornar essa grande dúvida que despedaça inteiramente tanto o “Eu” como a ideia de “Deus”. Tendo chegado a essa grande dúvida, Descartes teria, possivelmente, clamado de alegria: neque cogito neque sum [Nem penso nem existo]: “O lugar do não pensamento não pode ser medido por nenhum conhecimento, pois na esfera do verdadeiro ser-assim [Soseins] não há nem ‘Eu’ nem ‘outro”
Source: Filosofía del budismo Zen
“A Mediterranean city is really my culture.”
“A Mediterranean flatbread, the pita is baked at a high temperature so that puffy pockets form in the middle, which can then be stuffed with meat or beans.
He did the same thing that Secretary Girl did with her turtle burger bun...
... picking something that would keep the meat juices from dripping out the bottom!
Hmm. You used a handmade Tzatziki sauce to ameliorate the smelliness of the kebab meat and to create a mild base to make the spices stand out.
And the burger patty...
... is kofta!
A Middle Eastern meatloaf of ground beef and lamb mixed with onions and plentiful spices, its highly fragrant aroma hits the nose hard!
Its scent and umami flavor are powerful enough to bring tears to the eyes!"
W-what is going on here?! How could they eat all that greasy, heavy meat so quickly and easily?!
"Here. Let me give you a lesson.
Four things are required for a good burger. A bun, a patty, some kind of sauce and...
...pickles.
The sharp smell and tart flavor of pickles is what highlights the meaty umami of the patty.
Pickles are a hidden but key component of the best burgers!
From what I could tell, you used ginger sticks as your pickle analogue...
... but that was a weak choice."
"What?! Then what did you choose that's so much better?!"
"The pickle type that I picked for my burger...
...is achaar."
"Achaar?"
"What kind of pickle is that?"
ACHAAR
South Asian in origin, achaar consists of fruits or vegetables pickled in mustard oil or brine, and then mixed with a variety of spices.
Sometimes called Indian pickles, achaar is strongly tart and spicy.
This is achaar I made with onions.
The spicy scent of the mustard oil makes the meaty umami of the kofta patty really stands out. For the tartness, I used amchoor- also known as mango powder- a citrusy powder made from dried unripe mangoes. But that's just the base.
I added lemon juice to bolster the citrusy flavor of the amchoor...
... and then some garlic, ginger and chili peppers to give it an aroma that tickles the nose.
Cloves. Cumin seeds. Black pepper.
Paprika. I even added a dab of honey to give it a hint of sweetness.”
Source: 食戟のソーマ 10 [Shokugeki no Souma 10]
“A medium is a bridge between two minds.”
“A medium Vodka dry Martini - with a slice of lemon peel. Shaken and not stirred.”
“A meek fellow ... is a real godsend in any gang.”
“A meek spirit gives no trouble willingly to any: a quiet spirit bears all wrongs without being troubled.”
Source: Explanatory Notes Upon the New Testament
“A meeting between two people who complete each other, who are made for each other, borders already, in my opinion, on a miracle.”
“A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and the hours are lost. She should go far. The sooner she starts, the better. The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of its behind.”
“A meeting is an occasion when people gather together, some to say what they do not think, and others not to say what they really do.”
“A meeting moves at the pace of the slowest mind in the room.”
“A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room. (In other words, all but one participant will be bored, all but one mind underused.)”
“A megszállottakat kevesen viselik el.”
Source: Átkozottak
“A melancholy air can never be the right thing; what you want is a bored air. If you are melancholy, it must be because you want something, there is something in which you have not succeeded.
It is shewing your inferiority. If you are bored, on the other hand, it is the person who has tried in vain to please you who is inferior.”
Source: The Red and the Black: Easyread Edition
“A melancholy lesson of advancing years is the realisation that you can't make old friends.”
Source: Unacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public Sphere
“A melancholy sound is in the air,
A deep sigh in the distance, a shrill wail
Around my dwelling. 'Tis the Wind of night.”
“A melancholy vista discloses itself to all rational understandings; - a church in tatters; a peerage humbled and degraded - no doubt, soon to be entirely got rid off; that poor, deluded man, the well-meaning William IV, probably packed off to Hanover; the three per cents down to two, at the very best of it; a graduated property tax sapping the vitals of order in all quarters; and, no question, parliamentary grants and pensions of every description no longer held sacred!”
Source: The Member: An Autobiography
“A melancholy-looking man, he had the appearance of one who has searched for the leak in life's gas-pipe with a lighted candle.”
Source: The Man Upstairs: And Other Stories
“A melancolia é impossível de combater porque, a partir do momento em que nos aventuramos no mundo, teremos sempre saudades de tudo. De tudo. Do que fizemos e do que não fizemos, de quem se cruzou no nosso caminho e de quem jamais conseguiremos encontrar.”
Source: Biografia Involuntária dos Amantes
“A melhor arte do futuro será aquela feita por sujeitos desprovidos de qualquer qualidade artística”
Source: Esquilos de Pavlov
“A melhor coisa da existência é que qualquer momento no tempo pode ser um ponto de começo para qualquer coisa! Em outras palavras, cada momento de nossa vida é a chave do desconhecido ou das portas fechadas de novos caminhos!”
“A melhor escolha para cada indivíduo é aquilo que de melhor ele pode conseguir”
Source: O Melhor Estudante: Descrição da Estratégia do Aluno com Sucesso
“A melhor história que já ouvi foi sobre você.”
“A melhor maneira de fugir é ficar parado.”
Source: O Outro Pé da Sereia
“A melhor maneira de mentir é ficar calado.”
Source: O Outro Pé da Sereia
“A melody is not merely something you can hum.”
“A Melra fora sempre como aço. A ter os filhos, era um ai que lhe dava; ao mato, punha cada carrego à cabeça, que até as mais se envergonhavam; a segar, enquanto as outras faziam cinco, fazia ela dez. Forte! Também lhe comia e bebia como uma valente. O
homem, o Inácio, quando iam às feiras, já sabia: onde ele virasse um copo, ela virava outro.”
Source: Contos Da Montanha
“A member must say that he is a member of the Unification Church and that he is the follower of Sun Myung Moon. If he doesn't have the courage to say it, he is not worthy of me.”
“A member of my family, who shall remain nameless, refers to all newborns as ‘blobs’.”
Source: Delusions of Gender: The Real Science Behind Sex Differences
“A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.' That depends, Sir,' said Disraeli, 'whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.”
“A member of the committee slapped a name tag over my left bosom. "What shall we name the other one?" I smiled. She was not amused.”
“A member of the Red Berets spoke openly
About how starving Bosniaks in Srebrenica
Was like a cat and mouse game to play
It was how nationalism continued to slay
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Karremans and General Ratko Mladić
Were seen drinking a toast together to celebrate
All of the innocent lives that were destroyed
All of the Bosniak heads that were on a plate”
Source: Justice For Bosnia and Herzegovina
“A membership or community website that allows bullying of authors and their members to bring in traffic, is appalling and should be held accountable for hate speech, libel, and slander. It breaks down the community, condones bullying, and sets a tone for their teen members and members of any age to become bullies themselves.”
“A meme (rhymes with dream) is a unit of information (a catchphrase, a concept, a tune, a notion of fashion, philosophy or politics) that leaps from brain to brain. Memes compete with one another for replication, and are passed down through a population much the same way genes pass through a species. Potent memes can change minds, alter behavior, catalyze collective mindshifts and transform cultures. Which is why meme warfare has become the geopolitical battle of our information age. Whoever has the memes has the power.”
“A meme a day keeps the planes away.”
“A memoir forces me to stop and remember carefully. It is an exercise in truth. In a memoir, I look at myself, my life, and the people I love the most in the mirror of the blank screen. In a memoir, feelings are more important than facts, and to write honestly, I have to confront my demons.”
“A memoir in which the author shares his impressive journey of emigrating to the United States to escape a difficult life in an impoverished Nigerian village.
Born into an extremely poor family in Nigeria, ‘Deji Ayoade had early memories of wanting to come to America to do better for himself. For years, he dreamed about having a bright future in the United States. At seven, he promised his mother that one day he would be a doctor in America and take her and his siblings away from their dangerous and impoverished existence. By the age of thirty-three, ‘Deji had been in the United States for five years and was living his dream. He had earned a master’s degree, married and had a child, been recruited into the Navy, and become a US citizen. He makes good on the promise to his mother and brings her, his sister, and his sister’s baby to the United States.
UNDERGROUND: A Memoir of Hope, Faith, and the American Dream is a well-structured, compelling memoir written by a determined man with big dreams, ambitious goals, and the strength to never lose sight of where he is headed. Commitment, intelligence, and drive contribute to his fulfilling what he deems to be his purpose in life. His accomplishments in the armed services are nothing short of admirable. Ayoade draws readers into the 1980s culture of the poorer regions of Nigeria with vivid descriptions of the sights, sounds, and smells of areas in which they lived. His credible recreation of scenes reveals insight into the civilization that had considerable influence on him. Family dynamics also play a significant role in Ayoade’s life. His recollection of his father’s contradictory behaviors both confuse and enlighten him. His fond memories of his grandmother—the family member he trusted the most—are heartfelt and touching.
While coming to the United States offers many positive experiences for Ayoade, it doesn’t come without problems, and one that the author talks about with deep emotion and candidness is racism. Thoughtful in the way he acknowledges possible differences of perspectives, he describes how it feels to be looked at differently. One scene in particular demonstrates just how prejudiced and insensitive people can be when it comes to racial biases. Ayoade writes from the heart with emotion and honesty that demonstrate his passion for what he does in life. His ability to weave together a cohesive story from so many disparate fragments is remarkable. His religious faith and commitment to never-ending improvement for himself are inspiring and a basis for being a role model for others.
UNDERGROUND: A Memoir of Hope, Faith, and the American Dream–author ‘Deji Ayoade’s reflections on overcoming enormous obstacles and emigrating from Nigeria to the United States–is candid, heartwarming, and inspirational.”
“A memoir is a book about some particular thread or theme or moment in a person's life, whereas an autobiography is the entire life.”
“A memoir is always the most authentic telling of a situation, but a novel gets to different places.”
“A memoir provides a record not so much of the memoirist as of the memoirist's world.”
“A memoir should have some uplifting quality, inspiring or illuminating, and that's what separates a life story that can influence other people.”
“A memoir takes some particular threads, some incidents, some experience from a person's life and gives an account of it.”