"When you don't have to ask for permission innovation thrives."

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Source : Steven Johnson (2010). “Where Good Ideas Come From”, p.131, Penguin

Steven Johnson

#Innovation Quotes #Permission Quotes #Thrive Quotes

“But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own? What do we know of our own heart?”
“All flights are fuelled with Leprechaun wee and my bullshit!”
“Never talk yourself out of knowing you're in love or into thinking that you are.”

Source : Julia Glass (2002). “Three Junes”, Pantheon
“One of the things about my sport that's important is consistency - being able to do your routines consistently and training consistently. If you change it up or try to make everything more intense because the Olympics is coming up, you tend to put too much pressure on your mind and your body.”

Source : Interview with Jeremy Berger, www.askmen.com.
“The real hallmark of learning is transferring what youâ€™ve learned into new contexts.”
“We started the AIDS virus. We are only able to maintain our level of living by making sure that Third World people live in grinding poverty.”
“I don't know if my mother was a narcissist - or bi-polar or borderline. Those were words she tossed around over the years.”
“I died in Auschwitz, but no one knows it”

Source : Charlotte Delbo, Rosette C. Lamont (1997). “Auschwitz and After”, p.267, Yale University Press

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