"The pressure to compete, the fear somebody else will make the splash first, creates a frenzied environment in which a blizzard of information is presented and serious questions may not be raised."

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Source : "An A-Z of cultural terms". The Guardian, June 3, 1992.

Carl Bernstein

#May Quotes #Information Quotes #Pressure Quotes

“The soul of the river had entered my soul, And the gathered power of my soul was moving So swiftly, it seemed to be at rest Under cities of cloud and under Spheres of silver and changing worlds Until I saw a flash of trumpets Above the battlements over Time!”
“I work hard, I work very hard. All the books at least 30 revisions.”

Source : FaceBook post by Ha Jin from May 14, 2012
“EDUCATION IS VITAL TO DISCERN BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING”
“The whole history of my life, and in essence the whole history of the working class consists of this: that we have lived and fought under the leadership of Lenin and Stalin.”

Source : "USSR Information Bulletin", (p. 322), 1942.
“Asking good questions is half of learning.”
“The Tiger's Curse Series has everything my heart could desire in a fantasy: exotic locations, two dashing princes, good vs. evil, the promise of danger and adventure lurking around every cornerâ€”and did I mention two dashing princes? Warning: these books may cause you to forget anything else exists until you've turned the last enthralling page. And then you'll want to start all over again!”
“I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.”
“I discovered that Human Nature was not, as I had always supposed, a fixed and unalterable entity, that wars are not caused by a natural urge in men to fight, that ownership of land and factories is not necessarily the natural reward of greater wisdom and energy.”

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