"Convention is like the shell to the chick, a protection till he is strong enough to break it through."

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Learned Hand

#Strong Quotes #Shells Quotes #Protection Quotes

“Pessimists, we're told, look at a glass containing 50% air and 50% water and see it as half empty. Optimists, in contrast, see it as half full. Engineers, of course, understand the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.”
“We live in a culture that paces itself to the speed of machines. We are trying like good little robots to match our speed with theirs. Humans cannot move at the same rate as machines. When we attempt to, we lose contact with our own humanness.”
“In order to deal with the chaos that exists in the world today, you need some grounding. That grounding best comes from knowing who you are.”
“My family is the most important thing in the world to me, too, before anything else.”
“What is the Balmain girl? Itâ€™s a woman who knows what she wants and is going to express it”
“To joke in the face of danger is the supreme politeness, a delicate refusal to cast oneself as a tragic hero.”
“Don't sell on bad news.”
“People feel that building a rocket for Mars is an exciting project, but if you see the refugees around the world and the millions of homeless people, then for me it's insulting that people are fantasizing about leaving planet Earth and going wherever.”

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