"You either are or you're not."

-- Harrison Birtwistle

“Positive energy is your priceless life force. Protect it. Don't allow people to draw from your reserves; select friends who recharge your energies . . . I'm not asking you to cut people out of your life, but I am asking you to invest your time with people who will push you to be your best. Winners love to see other people win.”
“A good mentor offers directions and driving tips from the back seat. You still have to drive the car.”
“Growth only really comes at the point of resisÂtance, but that is the moment that we tend to stop. Because it hurtsâ€¦pushing our limÂits is a musÂcle that can be culÂtiÂvated like any otherâ€“incrementally”

Source : "Learning about Learning". Interview with Scott Barry Kaufman, sharpbrains.com. January 21, 2009.
“No longer associated simply with objects and appearances, design is increasingly understood in a much wider sense as the human capacity to plan and produce desired outcomes.”
“A child who does not think about what happens around him and is content with living without wondering whether he lives honestly is like a man who lives from a scoundrel's work and is on the road to being a scoundrel.”
“There never has been security. No man has ever known what he would meet around the next corner; if life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.”
“Our rockets can find Halley's comet, and fly to Venus with amazing accuracy, but side by side with these scientific and technical triumphs is an obvious lack of efficiency in using scientific achievements for economic needs... many Soviet household appliances are of poor quality.”
“I think the kids today need to hear more about morals and values.”

Source : Interview with Noel Murray, music.avclub.com. January 4, 2006.

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