"Economic policies absorb almost the entire attention of government, and at the same time become ever more impotent. The simplest things, which only fifty years ago one could do without difficulty, cannot get done any more. The richer a society, the more impossible it become to do worthwhile things without immediate payoff."

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E. F. Schumacher

#Government Quotes #Years Quotes #Attention Quotes

“Trust, love, what we call sexy, who we trust in a business situation, are all based on how open we are. Openness is bodily openness, muscular relaxation, heart openness as opposed to hiding behind some emotional wall, and spiritual openness, which is actually feeling so fully into the moment that there's no separation between you and the entire moment.”
“Hopefully my hair grows really quick, I want it long again”
“He's got a rematch clause in his contract but I'm not sure if he's going to want to exercise that rematch but if he does, I'd happily oblige. I'll go over to Canada and give him another whooping.”
“Instead of playing to win, I was playing not to lose. It reminds me of the story I once heard about two friends being chased by a bear, when one turned to the other and said, "I just realized that I don't need to outrun the bear; I only need to outrun you.”

Source : Sean Covey (2011). “The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teenagers”, p.175, Simon and Schuster
“Volatility may be rising simply because investors must digest more information every day.”
“There's a death sentence for your Robin of Locksley.”
“You already feel unsure of yourself, and then you see your worst fears in print. It really knocked me - which is why, I think, I was working, working, working, because I was trying to run away from the fact that I thought I couldn't do it.”
“When thou standest still from thinking and willing of self, the eternal hearing, seeing, and speaking will be revealed to thee, and so God heareth and seeth through thee. Thine own hearing, willing, and seeing hindereth thee, that thou dost not see nor hear God.”

Source : Jakob Böhme (1781). “The works ¬of ¬J. ¬Behmen, ¬the ¬teutonic ¬theosopher”

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