"Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation."

-- Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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“Childhood isn't just those years. It's also the opinions you form about them afterward. That's why our childhoods are so long.”
“My twenties were a write-off. It's a cruel illness, because you can't see it and you can hide it so well.”
“Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers.”

Source : George Porter's Speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 1967.
“When people honor each other, there is a trust established that leads to synergy, interdependence, and deep respect. Both parties make decisions and choices based on what is right, what is best, what is valued most highly.”
“Austrian public-opinion pollsters recently reported that those held in highest esteem by most of the people interviewed are neither the great artists nor the great scientists, neither the great statesmen nor the great sport figures, but those who master a hard lot with their heads held high.”
“For me, it always comes back to the blogger, the author, the designer, the developer. You build software for that core individual person, and then smart organisations adopt it and dumb organisations die.”

Source : Interview with David Kupfer, progressive.org. February 1, 2005.
“I loved you!" he yelled. He jumped up out of his chair so quickly I never saw it coming. "I loved you, and you destroyed me. You took my heart and ripped it up.”
“If we would have good ministers, we must remember our Lordâ€™s example, and pray for them. Their work is heavy. Their responsibility is enormous. Their strength is small. Let us see that we support them, and hold up their hands by our prayers.”

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