"It's not so much a case of having to pay attention to the news of the world as it is a case of knowing when to change our filters so that the important stuff comes in."

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Source : Bill Welter, Jean Egmon (2005). “The Prepared Mind of a Leader: Eight Skills Leaders Use to Innovate, Make Decisions, and Solve Problems”, p.45, John Wiley & Sons

Bill Welter

#Thinking Quotes #Knowing Quotes #Important Quotes

“I'm not very much an open book, I do really express myself only through my music and when I'm in that safe environment and I don't have to let anything go out of the studios that I don't want to go out.”
“Just in general, no matter what you're doing, be true to yourself. Never let anyone else dictate how you live your life.”

Source : "Question time: Rumer Willis By Hannah Pool". Interview with Hannah Pool, www.theguardian.com. September 16, 2009.
“Write what you need to write, not what is currently popular or what you think will sell.”
“I need freedom to be happy.”
“We may love men and we may live with men, but some of them have said stupendously inaccurate things about us, our bodies, and our psyches.”
“I photographed Arthur Coble and his sons Milton and Darrel as they did chores, but the vicious winds made it difficult to see and breathe.”

Source : Arthur Rothstein (1986). “Documentary photography”, Focal Pr
“Commitment is different in males and females. In females it is a desire to get married and raise a family. In males it means not picking up other women while out with one's girlfriend.”
“... "You may not see the ocean, but right now we are in the middle of the ocean, and we have to keep swimming.”

Source : Tracy Kidder (2009). “Strength in What Remains”, Random House

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