"Even the most piddling life is of momentous consequence to its owner."

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James Wolcott

#Peace Quotes #War Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“This won't look so good in my obituary," Schaffer said dolefully. There was a perceptible edge of strain under the lightly-spoken words."Gave his life for his country in a ladies' lavatory in Upper Bavaria.”
“We Abolition Women are turning the world upside down.”
“I would argue that the management of creativity requires a skill set that's relatively different from the traditional management skill set that is appropriate to a large, complex, industrial-era organization.”

Source : Interview with Joel Kurtzman, www.strategy-business.com. October 1, 1996.
“Men's private self-worlds are rather like our geographical world's seasons, storm, and sun, deserts, oases, mountains and abysses, the endless-seeming plateaus, darkness and light, and always the sowing and the reaping.”
“The race is now on between the technoscientific and scientific forces that are destroying the living environment and those that can be harnessed to save it. . . . If the race is won, humanity can emerge in far better condition than when it entered, and with most of the diversity of life still intact.”
“Having a bunch of medals and badges doesnâ€™t necessarily mean youâ€™ve achieved anything, youâ€™ve got to do something beyond yourself to make a difference in life. Seek to be consequential in whatever you do.”
“He's got to let go of you sometime.”
“I'm really glad that I spent my twenties messing around and having disaster after disaster - with people who were doing likewise - because it's really my greatest treasure now.”

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