"We have severely underestimated the Russians, the extent of the country and the treachery of the climate. This is the revenge of reality."

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Source : "Images of Kursk : History's Greatest Tank Battle, July 1943". Book by Nikolas Cornish, p. 6, 2002.

Heinz Guderian

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“What technology makes easy is not always what nurtures the human spirit.”
“How often one sees people looking far and wide for what they are holding in their hands? Why! I am doing it myself at this very moment.”

Source : Augustus William Hare (1827). “Guesses at Truth”
“It was so interesting, when [John Coltrane] created A Love Supreme. He had meditated that week. I almost didn't see him downstairs. And it was so quiet! There was no sound, no practice! He was up there meditating, and when he came down he said, "I have a whole new music!" He said, "There is a new recording that I will do, I have it all, everything." And it was so beautiful! He was like Moses coming down from the mountain. And when he recorded it, he knew everything, everything. He said this was the first time that he had all the music in his head at once to record.”
“The stardom thing happened and now I'm trying to make a comeback, if you want to call it that.”
“Each activity of daily life in which we stretch ourselves on behalf of others is a prayer in action.”
“Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved.”
“Commitment, by its nature, frees us from ourselves and, while it stands us in opposition to some, it joins us with others similarly committed. Commitment moves us from the mirror trap of the self absorbed with the self to the freedom of a community of shared values.”

Source : Michael Lewis (1995). “Shame: The Exposed Self”, p.235, Simon and Schuster
“I'm going to be a better actor, or I'm going to try to be a better actor. I'm going to try to be a better musician. I'm going to be an artist instead of just this one thing.”

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