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“Dreamers of dreams may be pathfinders; but they may be mere vagrants. Of those who depart from the pavements, only a few are explorers: the rest are mere jaywalkers”
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“I've written a book entitled 'Islam: the Challenges of Democracy,' because it is a challenge. It requires careful interpretation of the Islamic tradition and Islamic theology, and there's a lot in there that would support democratic ideals.”
Source : "The Great Theft". Interview with Melanie Colburn, www.motherjones.com. November 18, 2005.
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“The real difference between a man's scientific judgments about himself and the judgment of others about him is he has added sources of knowledge.”
Source : Edward Thorndike (2017). “Animal Intelligence: Experimental Studies”, p.36, Routledge
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“I look at my books the way parents look at their children. The fact that one becomes more successful than the others doesn't make me love the less successful one any less.”
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“Resistance in my experience always kicks in when you're trying to move from a lower level to a higher level or to identify with a braver part of yourself or your higher nature. So it's that negative repelling force. It's kind of the dragon that we have to slay every day if we're artists or entrepreneurs.”
Source : "Special Interview with Steven Pressfield and Ishita Gupta". "Marketing Over Coffee" podcast with John Wall, www.marketingovercoffee.com. May 16, 2011.
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“Sometimes we need to take big risks if we want to find out who we are, and what we were put on this planet for.”
Source : FaceBook post by Meg Cabot from Mar 20, 2013
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“CDU head Angela Merkel has tried for years to serve two sides: the conservative side by holding up her CDU party membership. But then at the same time she acts as though she were also a Social Democrat. I don't have this hydra-headed nature. In the end, people will vote for the Social Democratic original.”
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“Revolution is an art that I pursue rather than a goal I expect to achieve. Nor is this a source of dismay; a lost cause can be as spiritually satisfying as a victory.”