"A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache."

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Source : "Daughters of Eve". Book by Gamaliel Bradford, p. 192, 1930.

Catherine the Great

#Change Quotes #Creativity Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“The hypothesis of the supernatural and/or a supreme being is vague, unfounded, and inapplicable in any practical fashion”
“If you wish to know God, you must know his Word. If you wish to perceive His power, you must see how He works by his Word. If you wish to know His purpose before it comes to pass, you can only discover it by His Word.”
“Under Colonel Korn's rule, the only people permitted to ask questions were those who never did.”
“In Europe, anti-Americanism is much more a hobgoblin of the political, cultural, and religious elites.”

Source : "Europe's Anti-American Obsession" by Jean Francois Revel in The American Enterprise Magazine (column "The View From Abroad"), December 2003.
“I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity.”
“The important word there is inspire. The key difference between managers and leaders is that managers tell people what to do, while leaders inspire them to do it. Inspiration comes from three things: clarity of one's vision, courage of their conviction and the ability to effectively communicate both of those things.”
“[T]he influence of the German school is most obvious in relation to the contract theory of the origin of the state and the idea of the function of the state. The theory that the state originates in an agreement between men was assailed by the German thinkers and the historical, organic, evolutionary idea substituted for it.”
“The Olympics is about showing what you've done with your life, your dream as an athlete and sharing that with the world.”

Source : Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. August 14, 2013.

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