"The past was still a Golden Age, of ignorance, while the present is an Iron Age of willful bliss."

-- Jared Diamond

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“The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning.”
“As a horn player, the greatest compliment one can get is when a person comes to you and says, 'I heard this saxophone on the radio the other day and I knew it was you. I don't know the song, but I know it was you on sax.'”

Source : "The Chess Companion". Book by Irving Chernev, 1970.
“I have met my hero, and he is me.”
“I sincerely hope that they (relations between India and Pakistan) will be friendly and cordial. We have a great deal to do...and think that we can be of use to each other (and to) the world.”
“You have this way of making me feel like I can fly.”
“It all sounds almost silly, but the fact is that the only way to change a corporate culture is to just change it.”

Source : Gordon Bethune (1999). “From Worst to First: Behind the Scenes of Continental's Remarkable Comeback”, Wiley
“Royce looked back down at the stream below. "She doesn't even know me. What if she doesn't like me? Few people do." "She might not at first. Maribor knows I didn't. But you have a way of growing on a person." He smiled. "You know, like lichen or mold.”
“What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I'm not only involved directly with some of the activities that I photograph, such as mountain climbing, but even when I'm not I have the philosophy that my mind and body are part of the natural world”

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