E. F. Schumacher Quotes
Perhaps we cannot raise the winds. But each of us can put up the sail, so that when the wind comes we can catch it.
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
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I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself.
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A lot of people said I was a rebel. I wasn't.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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I always say that I'm at my best when there's no example of what the character is supposed to be. I thrive when there's not much and I have to create it.
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Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.
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I think I've owned all the models of iPods so far. And these days between my iPod, iPhone and my personal laptop computer, I'm someone who is very, very grateful for all the ways to listen to music and completely switch off from people around me and listen to the music in detail, which is very hard to do if you're in a room with other people.
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I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through... So maybe you push a little further in the first show.
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I will tell you with 100 percent confidence, Jon Jones is not deep in my head. The fact he actually thinks that, it makes me smile every day.
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I just thought any workout that is effective and I can do while laying down I'm signing up for.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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History's a resource.
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I did a lot of stunts, so the harness work isn't foreign to me either.
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If you want to put out a million CDs and sell them and get them played on the radio, and even videos, or whatever, if that still exists, that kind of muscle can only come from a label like Columbia.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
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Advertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade. It is great power that has been entrusted to your keeping which charges you with the high responsibility of inspiring and ennobling the commercial world. It is all part of the greater work of the regeneration and redemption of mankind.
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My three husbands were afraid of me. I am a very powerful woman.
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I know when something is going to work for me, and I feel when it's not, so I am going to carry that into the music.
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I found that not having a public profile was not hurting the work, and it freed me up to be the satirist I wanted to be.
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To be honest, when I started watching VR content, I was mostly disappointed and thought people could do better - not that different from when I set out to make 'Swingers' and thought, 'There's a better way to make an independent film.' Which is why 'Swingers' ended up being so much less expensive than anything like it.
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At some fundamental level, religion does not allow for compromise. It insists on the impossible. If God has spoken, then followers are expected to live up to God's edicts, regardless of the consequences. To base one's life on such uncompromising commitment may be sublime; to base our policy making on such commitments would be a dangerous thing.
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Perhaps we cannot raise the winds. But each of us can put up the sail, so that when the wind comes we can catch it.
