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Cynthia Carroll
"You need mentors, people with that desire to support women and the vision to have more. We have that in Anglo American in a big way." --
Source : "Anglo American chief Cynthia Carroll to step down next year" by Julia Kollewe, www.theguardian.com. October 26, 2012.
Cynthia Carroll
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“In our age of increasing distractions it's more important than ever to find ways to maintain perspective and remember that life is brief and tender.”
“... France is the genius among nations.”
“You have [Donald] Trump and [Ted] Cruz battling it out, and the moderate establishment candidates like Chris Christie or Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, John Kasich - they have formed a circular firing squad.”
“The public has a distorted view of science because children are taught in school that science is a collection of firmly established truths. In fact, science is not a collection of truths. It is a continuing exploration of mysteries.”
Source : "How We Know". Freeman Dyson's review of James Gleick's book "The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood" (2011), www.nybooks.com. March 10, 2011.
“Your manners will depend very much upon the quality of what you frequently think on; for the soul is as it were tinged with the colour and complexion of thought.”
“In deep pain, people don't need logic, advice, encouragement, or even Scripture. They just need you to show up and shut up.”
“I think it's very improtant and healthy to tell differnt stories than the corporatist narratives we are being asked to swallow hook, line and sinker.”
“It's like a spell. It's so strong I can't fight it. Is love always like this?”
Source : Lian Hearn (2008). “Brilliance of the Moon: Tales of the Otori”, p.60, Pan Macmillan