"I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my generation who went to war against fascism."

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Source : FaceBook post by P.D. James from Oct 30, 2011

P. D. James

#War Quotes #Believe Quotes #Political Quotes

“What's the difference between people who feel successful and people who feel they've failed? The answer is mindset: If you learn and grow from failure, suddenly it becomes a personal asset. People who are successful don't want instant gratification. They don't think about hitting a point of success and never working again. Instead they ask, How do I improve myself and continue to do that consistently over time?”
“What's important is not just to develop the technology; it's to develop the processes.”
“The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising.”

Source : Arthur Bloch (2003). “Murphy's Law: The 26th Anniversary Edition: The 26th Anniversary Edition”, p.43, Penguin
“Doubt is the enemy of success.”
“The best ground untilled, soonest runs out into rank weeds. A man of knowledge that is negligent or uncorrected, cannot but grow wild and godless.”
“If you give a bad player time, he can play. If you give a good player time, he can kill you.”
“Measurement has too often been the leitmotif of many investigations rather than the experimental examination of hypotheses. Mounds of data are collected, which are statistically decorous and methodologically unimpeachable, but conclusions are often trivial and rarely useful in decision making. This results from an overly rigorous control of an insignificant variable and a widespread deficiency in the framing of pertinent questions. Investigators seem to have settled for what is measurable instead of measuring what they would really like to know.”
“Accidents don't happen to people who take accidents as a personal insult.”

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