We have learned that power is a positive force if it is used for positive purposes (Elizabeth Dole)
Booze and boys, ain’t nothing in the universe that’ll make a girl stupid faster
Booze and boys, ain’t nothing in the universe that’ll make a girl stupid faster. (Lois Greiman, Unzipped)
After a traumatic experience, the human system of self-preservation seems to go onto permanent alert, as if the danger might return at any moment
After a traumatic experience, the human system of self-preservation seems to go onto permanent alert, as if the danger might return at any moment (Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence – From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror)
Once, Turner had himself lashed to the mast of a ship for several hours, during a furious storm, so that he could later paint the storm. Obviously, it was not the storm itself that Turner intended to paint. What he intended to paint was a representation of the storm. One’s language is frequently imprecise in that manner, I have discovered
Once, Turner had himself lashed to the mast of a ship for several hours, during a furious storm, so that he could later paint the storm. Obviously, it was not the storm itself that Turner intended to paint. What he intended to paint was a representation of the storm. One’s language is frequently imprecise in that manner, I have discovered (David Markson, Wittgenstein’s Mistress)
You can’t be on the cusp of innovation and at the forefront of technology if you’re wearing blinders. If you don’t have an exploration program where you’re exploring your world here on Earth, underwater, and in space, then you’re wearing blinders and handicapping yourself
You can’t be on the cusp of innovation and at the forefront of technology if you’re wearing blinders. If you don’t have an exploration program where you’re exploring your world here on Earth, underwater, and in space, then you’re wearing blinders and handicapping yourself (Gwynne Shotwell)
this is a book about something – C.S. Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew
this is a book about something – C.S. Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew
The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics
The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics (Bertrand Russell)
The thing about traveling alone, is that you run into your insecurities and fears times ten the normal! You run into all the good things and all the bad things about yourself on a daily basis, and are allowed the opportunity to truly become your own friend. Traveling alone is a learning process; some people travel for leisure, I travel to run into myself! – C. JoyBell C.
The thing about traveling alone, is that you run into your insecurities and fears times ten the normal! You run into all the good things and all the bad things about yourself on a daily basis, and are allowed the opportunity to truly become your own friend. Traveling alone is a learning process; some people travel for leisure, I travel to run into myself! – C. JoyBell C.
The world is all gates all opportunities strings of tension waiting to be struck
The world is all gates all opportunities strings of tension waiting to be struck (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Hard work is much more important than talent – Carlo Rotella
Hard work is much more important than talent – Carlo Rotella.