"The edge of the world is always the next step when you're blind."

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Source : Ryan Knighton (2007). “Cockeyed”, p.67, PublicAffairs

Ryan Knighton

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“As Kylie buried her head on the camp leader's shoulder, she heard Burnett scold, "I thought I told you to wait at the camp." Kylie felt Holiday tense at the reprimand, and then she raised her head. "And I thought you knew I don't follow anyone's orders." "Does anyone listen to me around here?" Burnett asked, his frustration making his tone sound almost comical. "Obviously not," one of the FRU agents said, and chuckled.”
“The Buddhists think that, because we've all had infinite previous lives, we've all been each other's relatives. Therefore all of you, in the Buddhist view, in some previous life ... have been my mother - for which I do apologize for the trouble I caused you.”
“I'm on a team with LeBron James and Chris Bosh, and they both dress well. It gets competitive. If I don't bring my A game, they're going to outshine me.”
“The captain, thinking over this event afterward, realized that by his own lifelong standards he had a crew composed entirely of lunatics, with himself well to the front in degree of aberration; but he was fairly sure that this particular form of insanity was going to be useful.”

Source : "Mission of Gravity" by Hal Clement, (Ch. 9), 1954.
“. . . it is through poetry that we give name to those ideas which are-until the poem-nameless and formless, about to be birthed, but already felt.”
“I have a problem with players who don't take the loss personally. At a professional level you should - it's our job, it's our livelihood, it's who we are at this level. Every loss should be taken that personal.”

Source : "Interview with Hope Solo, USWNT and St Louis Athletica Goalkeeper". Interview with L.E. Eisenmenger, sportslens.com. May 7, 2009.
“It's time to start recognizing that not all escapist entertainment is created equal. And that some of it isn't even entertainment. Miss March is, to use the vernacular of the escapist moviegoer, the biggest pile of crap I've seen in ages.”

Source : "Miss March" by Stephanie Zacharek, www.salon.com. March 13, 2009.
“Until you accept total responsibility - no matter what - you won't be able to put plans in place to accomplish your goals.”

Source : David Cottrell (2002). “Monday Morning Leadership: 8 Mentoring Sessions You Can't Afford to Miss”, p.22, CornerStone Leadership Inst

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