"You are not in charge of the universe; you are in charge of yourself."

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Source : Arnold Bennett (2012). “How to Live on 24 Hours a Day: with The Human Machine”, p.99, Courier Corporation

Arnold Bennett

#Universe Quotes

“Money is not everything, but it is better than having one's health.”
“I love listening to new stuff, at home in LA I always have the radio on to hear what is happening.”
“The clothes, the shoes, the gold belts and the necklaces always click me into the character, for sure. You could not feel the character, and then you put on the shoes and get the walk.”
“I don’t think that anyone has really told (people) what design is. It doesn’t occur to most people that everything is designed--that every building and everything they touch in the world is designed. Even foods are designed now. So in the process of helping people understand this, making them more aware of the fact that the world around us is something that somebody has control of, perhaps they can feel some sense of control, too. I think that’s a nice ambition.”

Source : "In Remembrance Of Bill Moggridge, 1943-2012" by Linda Tischler, www.fastcodesign.com. September 10, 2012.
“you learn more from your mistakes than you do from your successes.”

Source : "At 95, Brazelton shares 'A Life Caring for Children'". Interview with Nanci Hellmich, www.usatoday.com. May 1, 2013.
“I started out pursuing an acting career out of college when I lived in Los Angeles. When I got an entry into broadcasting, I preferred it. I liked being me, rather than dressing up to be someone else. Now I'm 30 and doing a career of my own and have been in this career for eight years.”
“Celebrity hits like a bomb.”
“Greece is a sort of American vassal; the Netherlands is the country of American bases that grow like tulip bulbs; Cuba is the main sugar plantation of the American monopolies; Turkey is prepared to kowtow before any United States proconsul and Canada is the boring second fiddle in the American symphony.”

Source : New York Herald Tribune, June 30, 1953.

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