"The â€œVasco da Gama's eraâ€ ends in a nightmare in which men-Westerners and non-Westerners alike-are bewildered by this confusion and the old fancy of the apprenti sorcier becomes tragically actual."

-- Carlo M. Cipolla

#Men Quotes #Confusion Quotes #Fancy Quotes

“We should spend less time ranking children and more time helping them to identify their natural competencies and gifts and cultivate these. There are hundreds and hundreds of ways to succeed and many, many different abilities that will help you get there.”
“Follow your heart, minute by minute and day by day. Let the course of the river run as it will, instead of tying yourself up in fears that you may never realize" Wulfgar”

Source : R.A. Salvatore (2009). “The Lone Drow: The Hunter's Blades Trilogy”, p.173, Wizards of the Coast
“She can't even chew gum and walk in a straight line, let alone write a book.”
“You see guys getting in trouble, but you also see the good in people. It's just a matter of always learning.”
“Nothing has to happen immediately, this minute, or right now. It's okay to pause for just a moment. Just take a breath. Then go quietly inside. Ask life itself to lead you to your best outcome. There's nothing you have to do, really, except get out of your own way.”
“When I was 19, I picked up an old, tiny, automatic Yashica camera and I just started shooting. We didn't have iPhones back then, we didn't even have cell phones. I loved having a camera in my hand.”
“I'd like the campaigning to be about all the things they're not going to do. Just tell me what you're not going do! Don't tell me what you're going to do. Just say "I'd really like to do solar energy but I'm not going to be able to. I really want to dig holes everywhere in the country but I really won't be able to do it because people seem to think that maybe my water will be screwed up."”
“God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board.”

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