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Bianca Sparacino

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1,642 quotes curated by Bianca Sparacino:

““We invade tropical forests and other wild landscapes, which harbor so many species of animals and plants — and within those creatures, so many unknown viruses. We cut the trees; we kill the animals or cage them and send them to markets. We disrupt ecosystems, and we shake viruses loose from their natural hosts. When that happens, they need a new host. Often, we are it.””
— David Quammen, Opinion | We Made the Coronavirus Epidemic
Tagged: Zoonotic Disease
“Disease, it turns out, is largely an environmental issue. Sixty percent of emerging infectious diseases that affect humans are zoonotic — they originate in animals. And more than two-thirds of those originate in wildlife.”
— Jim Robbins, The Ecology of Disease
Tagged: Zoonotic Disease
“The neurological line between the saint and the savage, the creative and the unconscionable, turns out to be razor-thin.”
— Patrick McNamara, The dopamine switch between atheist, believer and fanatic – Patrick McNamara | Aeon Essays
Tagged: Saint vs Sinners, Dopamine Switch, Neuroscience vs Religion
“Strive to discover foundational love, the kind of relationship that motivates you to be a better man or woman, the kind of intimacy that is rare rather than right there. “But I don’t want to be alone,” we often exclaim. Be alone. Eat alone, take yourself on dates, sleep alone. In the midst of this you will learn about yourself. You will grow, you will figure out what inspires you, you will curate your own dreams, your own beliefs, your own stunning clarity, and when you do meet the person who makes your cells dance, you will be sure of it, because you are sure of yourself. Wait for it. Please, I urge you to wait for it, to fight for it, to make an effort for it if you have already found it, because it is the most beautiful thing your heart will experience.”
— Bianca Sparacino, How To Ruin Your Life(Without Even Noticing That You Are)
Tagged: Be Alone
“Everything was terrible and wonderful, and everyone was always madly in love or completely heartbroken, often in the space of half an hour.”
— Florence Welch, Florence Welch On Addiction, Eating Disorder Recovery, And Finding True Happiness In Her 30s
Tagged: A Beautiful Life, Beauty Requires Contrast
“Here's another test. Of any activity you do, ask yourself: If I were the last person on earth, would I still do it?”
— Steven Pressfield, The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
Tagged: Creativity, Calling
“In all the good times I find myself longing for change, and in the bad times I fear myself.”
— Lady GaGa, Bradley Cooper, Shallow
Tagged: Beautiful Lyrics
“Look, talent comes everywhere, but having something to say and a way to say it so that people listen to it, that’s a whole other bag. And unless you get out and you try to do it, you’ll never know. That’s just the truth. And there’s one reason we’re supposed to be here is to say something so people want to hear. So you got to grab it, and you don’t apologize, and you don’t worry about why they’re listening, or how long they’re going to be listening for, you just tell them what you want to say. Don’t you understand what I’m trying to tell you?”
— Jackson Maine, A Star Is Born
Tagged: Telling Your Story
“In your life, there are going to be constant demands for your time and attention. How are you going to decide which of those demands gets resources? The trap many people fall into is to allocate their time to whoever screams loudest, and their talent to whatever offers them the fastest reward. That’s a dangerous way to build a strategy.”
— Clayton M. Christensen, How Will You Measure Your Life?
Tagged: How To Build A Life, Energy Allocation
“Like time suspended,
a wound unmended--
you and I.

We had no ending,
no said goodbye;

For all my life,
I'll wonder why.”
— Lang Leav, Love & Misadventure (Lang Leav)
Tagged: Closure