"One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity."

-- Edward de Bono

#Motivational Quotes #Powerful Quotes #Taken Quotes

“The president said nothing about the views of government in regard to the possibility of Carolinas seceding. This however was frequently spoken of by other statesmen at the North. I think they were unanimous in this, that no army would be sent here.”
“There is scarcely any passion without struggle.”
“God almighty made women and the Rockefeller gang of thieves made the ladies.”

Source : "Autobiography of Mother Jones" by Mary Harris Jones, Courier Corporation, (p. 125), April 30, 2012.
“The fact, and the intuition or logic about the fact, are severe coordinates in fiction. In the short story they must cross with hair-line precision.”
“I think it surprises a lot of people that I'm still around, you know, still - that I'm not pushing up daisies, as they say.”
“Before you have kids, you just have much less to worry about. It doesn't feel that way, but it's true. Once you have kids, your focus has to change, I think, at least to raise kids right. You can't just focus on yourself; it's too hard.”

Source : "Christopher Gorham of Covert Affairs: Overcoming Failure and Having Kids". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“I don't really care about gossip. I care about building great businesses.”
“I'm always diplomatic when heavily outnumbered by armed strangers.”

Source : S. M. Stirling (2008). “The Sunrise Lands: A Novel of the Change”, p.316, Penguin

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