"In life it is training rather than birth which counts."

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Source : Saikaku Ihara (1955). “Nippon Eitaigura: The Way to Wealth”

Ihara Saikaku

#Training Quotes #Birth Quotes

“Your next step is simple. You are the first domino.”
“Nature is the worst terrorist you can imagine.”
“It's a question of keeping one's eyes and ears open and watching how other people play the game. They're watching me too, to see what my attitude is like.”
“The preservation of our national security and the laws that define us as the United States of America demand that we understand the intersection of the two - indeed, how they reinforce one another.”

Source : "Strengthening our Security by Adhering to our Values and Laws". John O. Brennan's Speech at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. September 16, 2011.
“In large organizations there are discrete functions. I do this; you do that. I swim in my lane; you swim in your lane. That can be very effective for certain processes and in certain stable conditions. But it doesn't work in unstable conditions.”
“Good design is innovative Gives a product utility Is aesthetic Makes a product easy to understand Is unobtrusive Is honest Is long-lived Is consistent down to the smallest detail Protects the environment Good design is as little design as possible.”
“I think action should be revealed through character, so if you have a plot problem, it's probably a character problem.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I'm going to let people know that it's cool to have a child and be young and still be a good mom. It's really tough, but I'm doing it.”

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