"A successful person isn't necessarily better than her less successful peers at solving problems; her pattern-recognition facilities have just learned what problems are worth solving."

-- Ray Kurzweil

#Successful Quotes #Peers Quotes #Patterns Quotes

“It began with one act of madness, and it ended with another. John Brown heard history's clock strike in the night and tried to hurry dawn along with gunfire; now John Wilkes Booth heard the clock strike, and he tried with gunfire to restore the darkness. Each man stood outside the human community, directed by voices the sane do not hear, and each kept history from going logically... The line from Harper's Ferry to Ford's Theater is a red thread binding the immense disorder of the Civil War into an irrational sort of coherence.”
“When I want something, I want it now, and Daft Punk taught me to be more patient.”
“I hope I have given back half the joy music has given me.”
“In art as in life, some things need no translation.”

Source : Paula Vogel (1992). “The Baltimore Waltz”, p.24, Dramatists Play Service Inc
“When I arrived on the planet, there were only two billion. Wildlife was more abundant, we were less so; now the situation is reversed.”
“Where charity stands watching and faith holds wide the door the dark night wakes - the glory breaks, Christmas comes once more.”
“I think my mom and dad did a great job with that, because we [with brother] never had any competition in baseball. We always tried to help each other.”

Source : Source: www.businessinsider.com
“I love what I do professionally, I'm really blessed. But my priority is my husband and my children.”

Source : Interview with Jeanne Wolf, parade.com. July 16, 2007.

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