"My narrative is that I've never known what's coming next-I still don't. I fell down the right set of stairs and have been surrounded by people who have picked me up and said, â€œLet's try this again.â€ It's been one anxious block of uncertainty after another."

-- Merlin Mann

#Block Quotes #People Quotes #Trying Quotes

“You feel a certain way in a glass or concrete or limestone building. It has an effect on your skin - the same with plywood or veneer, or solid timber. Wood doesn't steal energy from your body the way glass and concrete steal heat. When it's hot, a wood house feels cooler than a concrete one, and when it's cold, the other way around.”
“The worst losses come at night.”

Source : Eva Hoffman (2011). “Lost In Translation: A Life in a New Language”, p.107, Random House
“And yet in a funny way our lack of success led to our breakthrough; because, since we could not get a cell line off the shelf doing what we wanted, we were forced to construct it. And the original experiment ... developed into a method for the production of hybridomas ... [which] was of more importance than our original purpose.”
“Imagination runs through the places where we live like water. We need both things-a living knowledge of the land and a live imagination of it and our place in it- if we are going to preserve it.”
“I am the product of many whose lives have touched mine, from the famous, distinguished, and powerful to the little known and the poor.”

Source : Dorothy Height, Height (2009). “Ebk Open Wide the Freedom Gates: A Memo”, p.294, PublicAffairs
“The United States will have the honour of proving experimentally, that true policy goes hand in hand with moderation and humanity.”
“I don't think Russia will follow the United States's way. I don't think Russia will follow the French way. I'm sure Russia will find its own way.”
“Rule with the heart of a servant. Serve with the heart of a king.”

Source : Bill Johnson (2015). “The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now”, p.54, Chosen Books

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