"So forget about blogs and bloggers and blogging and focus on this - the cost and difficulty of publishing absolutely anything, by anyone, into a global medium, just got a whole lot lower. And the effects of that increased pool of potential producers is going to be vast."

-- Clay Shirky

#Funny Quotes #Thoughtful Quotes #Focus Quotes

“The more one emphasizes winning, the less he or she is able to concentrate on what actually causes success.”
“When people come to you with problems or challenges, don't automatically solve them. As a mama bear, you want to take care of your cubs, so you tend to be protective and insulate them against all those things. But if you keep solving problems for your people, they don't learn how to actually solve problems for themselves, and it doesn't scale. Make sure that when people come in with challenges and problems, the first thing you're doing is actually putting it back to them and saying: "What do you think we should do about it? How do you think we should approach this?".”
“When the morning's freshness has been replaced by the weariness of midday, when the leg muscles give under the strain, the climb seems endless, and suddenly nothing will go quite as you wish it is then that you must not hesitate.”
“Two months ago my mother died. She made, as the expression goes, a good death.”

Source : Larry Watson (2010). “Montana 1948: A Novel”, p.16, Milkweed Editions
“The things I want to express are so beautiful and pure.”
“If you want the love of the people, stop running after it. The more you chase it, the more it escapes you. Love doesn't come from the people. It comes from God.”
“You can't know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.”
“Emma, your granddadâ€™s on the line,â€ says Artemis, putting her hand over the receiver. â€œSomething about the night bus and heâ€™ll never trust you again?”

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