"I don't trust a chef who doesn't drink."
- Marcus Samuelsson

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frank

"A gourmet meal with an asshole is a terrible meal. A hotdog with an interesting person is an amazing meal."
- Chris Rock

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fidelity

The realistic scale of countries and continents.

Peter's Projection cartography image source here.

"I'm too dumb to be insecure."
- Michael Caine

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age

The brightness of supernovae tell us how far away they are.

Hubble Deep Field image source here. 

from butchery to science

... where John Hunter took surgery

pro hockey

"They throw punches like I skate."
- George Chuvalo

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"The 'some' of the man is not the 'sum' of the man."
- Tavis Smiley 

limbic

"And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free."
- John VIII - XXXII

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the ring

"I've hit rock bottom countless times in my life, but the important thing is not to stay there. You have to find the strength to get up and carry on."
- Max Schmeling

on training

"If you eat a lot of cake, it'll show."
- Lennox Lewis

control

“The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection.”
- Truman Capote

"life's too short not to eat well"

"As the earth's population goes from 7 billion to 10 billion, get used to eating bugs as they are the only sustainable source of protein."
- Mario Batali

intimidation

"... was the key to my success."

- Mike Tyson

"Don't be afraid to do what you do as the people that mind don't matter and the people that matter don't mind."
- a perspective held by Jimmy Connors

chief aim

"... rendering movement and painting pretty clothes."
- Edgar Degas

money

Source: Road to Riches: Tracking the Journey of the Global Superwealthy

The Brain: A User's Guide to Emotions

Source: The Brain: A User's Guide to Emotions

Image courtesy of Pamela Brooke.

seized an opening to create something unique

"[He] was not a talker, not a writer."
- West Wind: The Vision of Tom Thomson

43

George Washington was forty three when the American revolution was launched.

Model T

"Why is it that I get the whole person, when what I wanted was a pair of hands?"
- Henry Ford

attributed to

"You become good by observing good people."
- Aristotle

P.P.S.

Twitter source here.

"two intelligent talkers seldom meet."

"Failure is a delicious condiment."
- Truman Capote

winnipeg

"If you're doing comedy and you're not failing, you're not doing it right."
- David Steinberg

on aging

"I just don't care."
- Marlon Brano on hitting 60

Tuscan Toothpaste

they we

"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are."
- Anaïs Nin

ascendant moon

"The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable."

- John Kenneth Galbraith