“People often say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing you are the beholder.”
— Salma Hayek.
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Al Oerter: True introspective state
“To exercise at or near capacity is the best way I know of reaching a true introspective state. If you do it right, it can open all kinds of inner doors.”
—Al Oerter.
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Richard Hofstadter: Mood of a society
“One of the primary tests of the mood of a society at any given time is whether its comfortable people tend to identify, psychologically, with the power and achievements of the very successful or with the needs and sufferings of the underprivileged.”
—Richard Hofstadter, historian (6 Aug 1916-1970).
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Alan B Shepard: Research and development
“And I think that still is true of this business – which is basically research and development – that you probably spend more time planning and training and designing for things to go wrong, and how you cope wth them, than you do for things to go right.”
— Alan B. Shepard.
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Euripides: Talk sense to a fool
“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.”
—Euripides.
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Cunningham’s Law: Post the wrong answer
“The best way to get the right answer [..] is not to ask a question; it’s to post the wrong answer.”
— Cunningham’s Law.
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Christian Lous Lange: All species
“All species capable of grasping this fact manage better in the struggle for existence than those which rely upon their own strength alone: the wolf, which hunts in a pack, has a greater chance of survival than the lion, which hunts alone.”
—Christian Lous Lange.
