"Not only don't I know who I am, but I'm very suspicious of people who do know who they are. I am sometimes ten or twelve people a day, and sometimes four or five people an hour!"

-- Tom Baker

#Who I Am Quotes #People Quotes #Twelve Quotes

“A can-do attitude, a positive personality, and a strong work ethic are still the primary ingredients for success at Nordstrom.”

Source : Robert Spector, Patrick D. McCarthy (2012). “The Nordstrom Way to Customer Service Excellence: The Handbook For Becoming the "Nordstrom" of Your Industry”, p.29, John Wiley & Sons
“Success is the sole earthly judge of right and wrong.”
“Beggars can't be choosers.”
“God does not ask for 'religious' art or 'Catholic' art. The art he wants for himself is Art, with all its teeth”

Source : Jacques Maritain, Jean Cocteau (2014). “Art and Faith: Letters between Jacques Maritain and Jean Cocteau”, p.47, Open Road Media
“It is a testament to the fundamental honesty of football that Israel, with nothing to play for, overcame Russia in Tel Aviv on Saturday. The sport has its faults, but this basic trust is the reason Wembley holds 80,000 and could take more and the track and field venue for the London Olympics will be reduced after the event to the same capacity as the home of Wigan Athletic.”
“Once we overcome our fear of being tiny, we find ourselves on the threshold of a vast and awesome Universe that utterly dwarfs â€” in time, in space, and in potential â€” the tidy anthropocentric proscenium of our ancestors.”
“Most vices demand considerable self-sacrifices. There is no greater mistake than to suppose that a vicious life is a life of uninterrupted pleasure. It is a life almost as wearisome and painful -- if strenuously led -- as Christian's in The Pilgrim's Progress.”
“Theorizing is of course essential to make progress in understanding, but theorizing in the absence of knowing available relevant facts is not very productive.”

Source : "Causal machines". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. April 10, 2012.

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