"Not so deep down, we all know that safety is an illusion, that only character melds us together. Thatâ€™s why most of us do everything we can (healthy and unhealthy) to ward off that real feeling of standing alone so close to the edge of the world."

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Source : Kiese Laymon (2016). “How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America”, p.72, Bloomsbury Publishing

Kiese Laymon

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“The less harshly we judge ourselves, the more accepting we become of others.”

Source : Harold H. Bloomfield, Leonard Felder (1996). “Making Peace with Yourself”, Random House LLC
“I have programmed myself to be at least 105 years old.”
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
“Empowerment is what managers do to people. Engagement is what managers do with people.”

Source : Henry Mintzberg (2013). “Simply Managing: What Managers Do — and Can Do Better”, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
“Whoever, however close to me you may be. Nobody can change my emotions. Even if I am sad it's my own problem, not somebody else's.”
“Despite Japan's desires and efforts, unfortunate differences in the ways that Japan, England, the United States, and China understood circumstances, together with misunderstandings of attitudes, made it impossible for the parties to agree”

Source : "Hideki Tojo's Prison Diary". "The Journal of Historical Review", Vol. 12, No. 1, (pp. 31-85), www.ihr.org. 1992.
“Oftentimes, people start with something, whatever it is, and it's great, but over the years, it loses its focus or way and corners get cut. Some people are fine with that, but I'm not.”
“We are always looking for a small number of very evil needles in a very large haystack, which is the city of London.”

Source : "MI5 Faces Tough Questions on Decision to Relax Security". www.independent.co.uk. July 08, 2005.

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