"Five minutes of planning are worth fifteen minutes of just looking."

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Source : E.L. Konigsburg (2010). “From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler”, p.108, Simon and Schuster

E. L. Konigsburg

#Fifteen Quotes #Planning Quotes #Minutes Quotes

“It is a tremendous honor to be a No. 2 seed, and to get to play so close to home in Dayton. It is an incredible feeling, and it will be interesting to start preparing. But right now we need some rest and then we'll get our guys going for the NCAA Tournament.”
“A mind that is charmed by false appearances refuses better things. [Lat., Acclinis falsis animus meliora recusat.]”
“God loves us. May we discover the beauty of loving and being loved.”
“Marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. I don't think it is the role of the state to define what marriage is.”

Source : "Archbishop of York receives 'race hate' emails following gay marriage comments" by Krissy Storrar, www.mirror.co.uk. February 7, 2012.
“We always have to ask ourselves whether the level of risk is worth the story. What is bravery, and what is bravado?”

Source : "Opinion: Colvin fought injustice, armed only with words and images" by Hannah Storm, www.cnn.com. February 23, 2012.
“I never really saw myself as writing science fiction anyway.”
“But all the wickedness in the world which man may do or think is no more to the mercy of God than a live coal dropped in the sea.”
“Metaphor is awkward, but emotion, by its nature, leaves you no more scalable approach.”

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