"The most effective people are those who can "hold" their vision while remaining committed to seeing current reality clearly"

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Source : Peter M Senge (2010). “The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization: First edition”, p.159, Random House

Peter Senge

#Reality Quotes #People Quotes #Vision Quotes

“I don't want to do children's music. I write kids songs, but the kids songs I write are for my kids - like when I'm putting them to bed. We sing some song that we made up but I don't want to make a record like that.”
“Good comedy makes you laugh, and bad comedy makes people you hate laugh.”
“[Duesberg] is absolutely correct in saying that no one has proven that AIDS is caused by the AIDS virus. And he is absolutely correct that the virus cultured in the laboratory may not be the cause of AIDS.”
“O death! We thank you for the light that you will shed upon our ignorance.”
“The end / of passion / may refashion / a friend.”

Source : Mona Van Duyn (1993). “Firefall: poems”, Alfred A. Knopf
“I want to do everything with you”
“Hollywood Regency is a label some people put on me, but I consider myself a modernist in that I always try to make the work feel fresh.”
“Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to death. Nobody ever thought himself to death.”

Source : Gilbert Highet (1976). “The Immortal Profession: The Joys of Teaching and Learning”, Random House Incorporated

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