"An expert is someone who can tell you exactly how it can't be done."

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Source : Twitter post from Dec 21, 2012

Peter Diamandis

#Experts Quotes #Done Quotes

“When asked "What do we need to learn this for?" any high-school teacher can confidently answer that, regardless of the subject, the knowledge will come in handy once the student hits middle age and starts working crossword puzzles in order to stave off the terrible loneliness.”

Source : David Sedaris (2000). “Me talk pretty one day”
“A chance to try your technique is in one instant never to be regained, so try it without hesitation.”

Source : "The Canon of Judo". Book by Kyuzo Mifune, 1956.
“You and me-we've whored together. We've fought together.And I still dunna understand how ye always seems to know where the money is hidden and the liquor is stored and the scandals are richest.' It's a gift.”

Source : Christina Dodd (2008). “Into the Shadow: Darkness Chosen”, p.12, Penguin
“For if we are observed in all matters, we are constantly under threat of correction, judgment, criticism, even plagiarism of our own uniqueness. We become children, fettered under watchful eyes, constantly fearful that-either now or in the uncertain future-patterns we leave behind will be brought back to implicate us, by whatever authority has now become focused upon our once-private and innocent acts. We lose our individuality, because everything we do is observable and recordable.”
“The air is full of souls those who are nearest to earth descending to be tied to mortal bodies return to other bodies, desiring to live in them.”
“Precision, speed, unambiguity, knowledge of files, continuity, discretion, unity, strict subordination, reduction of friction and of material and personal costs - these are raised to the optimum point in the strictly bureaucratic administration.”
“All defense secretaries in wartime have, needless to say, made misjudgments.”
“I think that with marriages, people have to understand that you have to look at your marriage and understand what is needed in your marriage - not what people think your marriage should be or what people want your marriage to be.”

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