"There is no way of steering successfully between a failed situation and a failed self except by stopping and taking our bearings."

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Source : Jo Coudert (2003). “Advice from a Failure”, p.70, iUniverse

Jo Coudert

#Failure Quotes #Self Quotes #Stopping Quotes

“The easiest way to increase happiness is to control your use of time.”

Source : Daniel Kahneman (2011). “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, p.452, Macmillan
“My Dad wanted me to be able to play with him and my brothers. I was the only girl!”
“Everybody has a gameplan until he gets hit”
“Having kids had a big effect on me, but nothing more than when they started to get older- that really made me realize how fleeting each moment is.”
“Gujarat, with its all inclusive, sustainable and rapid growth, is emerging as a globally preferred place to live in and to do business.”
“Fashion is a way of not having to decide who you are. Style is deciding who you are and being able to perpetuate it.”

Source : Speech, October 29, 1980.
“Both the man of science and the man of art live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it. Both, as a measure of their creation, have always had to do with the harmonization of what is new with what is familiar, with the balance between novelty and synthesis, with the struggle to make partial order in total chaos.... This cannot be an easy life.”

Source : J. Robert Oppenheimer (2013). “Uncommon Sense”, p.87, Springer Science & Business Media
“Fedor has no weakness. I have seen so many fights, and even the best fighters in the world have a flaw in their game but I have yet to find one in Fedor Emelianenko.”

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