James P. Carse famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated.
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Strength is paradoxical. I am not strong because I can force others to do what I wish as a result of my play with them, but because I can allow them to do what they wish in the course of my play with them.
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A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.
-- James P. Carse
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The antagonism between nationalities will lose all its acuteness on the day when neither the iniquitous tendency to oppression and domination, nor the perpetual danger of the threatening preparations for war will exist. ("L'antagonisme entre les nationalités perdra toute son acuité le jour où n'existera plus la tendance inique à l'oppression et à la domination, ni le perpétuel danger des menaçants préparatifs de guerre.:;», Fr.
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Preparation is very important. The pitcher is going to do his job and prepare for you so you as a hitter must do the same. I always watch videotape of pitchers before the game and even sometimes during.
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BAIT, n. A preparation that renders the hook more palatable. The best kind is beauty.
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Thus one should know oneself to be of the nature of Existence-Consciousness-Bliss[Sat-Chit-Ananda].
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Because our entire universe is made up of consciousness, we never really experience the universe directly we just experience our consciousness of the universe, our perception of it, so right, our only universe is perception.
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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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Machines take me by surprise with great frequency.
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A lot of my work is a matter of reacting to surprises in life.
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I'm in politics. I'm in government, so nothing surprises me
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Each painting is fresh and new, a surprise even to myself.
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