"I'd finally come to understand what it had been: a yearning for a way out, when actually what I had wanted to find was a way in."

-- Cheryl Strayed

#Way Quotes #Yearning Quotes #Wanted Quotes

“We are not good at recognizing distant threats even if their probability is 100%. Society ignoring [peak oil] is like the people of Pompeii ignoring the rumblings below Vesuvius.”
“Mathematical discoveries, small or great are never born of spontaneous generation They always presuppose a soil seeded with preliminary knowledge and well prepared by labour, both conscious and subconscious.”
“Follow-up is personal. It must be done by someONE; not by someTHING. For it to be effective we must set the pace. We can't permanently sell something we don't make time to get into our lives.”
“The more familiar the world becomes, the less information your brain writes down, and the more quickly time seems to pass.”
“To me the special quality (which of course many men have as well) is first of all a sharpness, a clarityIt cuts through - especially intellectual ossification. Itgets to the point. To me the dakini principle stands for the intuitive force.”
“The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse.”

Source : Heinz Guderian (2001). “Panzer Leader”, p.387, Da Capo Press
“The funny thing about writing is I think a lot of people assume that you're sitting in a garret with a quill pen for hour after hour.”

Source : "The Power of Two: Bonus Outtakes From WD Interview With Lincoln Child & Douglas Preston". Interview with Brian A. Klems, www.writersdigest.com. January 12, 2012.
“It was never my dream to be famous. I didnâ€™t start acting to be a movie star. I started in the theater and my desire was to get better at my craft. Itâ€™s still my desire. I donâ€™t consider myself a movie star, nor do I really have the desire to be one. Iâ€™m just an entertainer...An actor who works hard at his craft. Whatever labels people give me, thatâ€™s not really me or part of my process.”

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