"The one way of guaranteeing to fail is to assume that we will."

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Source : "Nicholas Stern: We must not give in to pessimism" by James Randerson, www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2009.

Nicholas Stern

#Way Quotes #Assuming Quotes #Failing Quotes

“The pen is the tongue of the hand; a silent utterer of words for the eye.”
“I think in many ways, I'm sort of a blank canvas, because in many ways, I'm just observing the world and the people around me and their characters and letting them kind of explode off me and to find out why they're doing what they're doing. But then every once in awhile, I get to take on a whole new character.”

Source : Interview with Todd VanDerWerff, www.avclub.com. November 9, 2010.
“The single most impactful thing you can do today is adopt a more plant-based diet.”
“No thought is born in me that does not bear the image of death.”
“'And for my part, Gentlemen,' said I, 'that I may put in for a share, and guess with the rest; not to amuse myself with those curious Notions wherewith you tickle and spur on slow-paced Time; I believe, that the Moon is a World like ours, to which this of ours serves likewise for a Moon.'”
“I love pedicures. And, yes, I have a ton of shoes.”
“There is nothing nicer than nodding off while reading. Going fast asleep and then being woken by the crash of the book on the floor, then saying to yourself, well it doesn't matter much. An admirable feeling.”
“Art postulates communion, and the artist has an imperative need to make others share the joy which he experiences himself.”

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