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QUOTES 20/10/26
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Fear not each sudden sound and shock
Tis of the wave and not the rock
Tis but the flapping of the sail
And not a rent made by gale!
LONG FELLOW
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Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather…JOHN RUSKIN
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The galloping horse, in Browning’s words on cruelty takes a dim view: “And one eye’s black intelligence – ever that glance o’er its white edge at me, his own master, askance!”
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Negotiation is not a policy. It’s a technique. It’s something you use when it’s to your advantage, and something that you don’t use when it’s not to your advantage…JOHN BOLTON
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You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete…BUCKMINSTER FULLER
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The power to hurt is bargaining power…THOMAS SCHELLING, NOBEL PRIZE WINING GAME THEORIST
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I have measured out my life with coffee spoons…TS ELIOT
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Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each…PLATO, The Republic
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Two drowning people can’t save each other. All they can do is drag each other down…CARSTEN JENSEN
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He truly commands respect who is always cautious not to insult others. A person who merely boasts but has no virtues cannot command respect…MAHAVIR
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Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands…JEFF COOPER
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Feelings or emotions are the universal language and are to be honoured. They are the authentic expression of who you are at your deepest place… JUDITH WRIGHT
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Never give up; for even rivers some day wash dams away… ARTHUR GOLDEN
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We are looking for happiness and running after it in such a way that creates anger, fear and discrimination. So, when you attend a retreat, you have a chance to look at the deep roots of this pollution of the collective energy that is unwholesome…THICH NHAT HANH
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In all politics truth is optional
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You make choices, choices make you
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By far, the greatest danger of AI is that people conclude too early that they understand it…ELIEZER YUDKOWSKY
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A nation behaves well if it treats its natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired, in value…THEODORE ROOSEVELT
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Break a barrier and draw a line.
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If I can get my dress on, my weight is under control…DOLLY PARTON
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An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both halves, the watcher and watched. ‘Can they be brought together?’ This is a practical question…ALBERT CAMUS