"Chance favors the connected mind."

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Source : Steven Johnson (2010). “Where Good Ideas Come From”, p.110, Penguin

Steven Johnson

#Motivation Quotes #Inspiration Quotes #Mind Quotes

“I don't think it had ever occurred to me that man's supremacy is not primarily due to his brain, as most of the books would have one think. It is due to the brain's capacity to make use of the information conveyed to it by a narrow band of visible light rays. His civilization, all that he had achieved or might achieve, hung upon his ability to perceive that range of vibrations from red to violet. Without that, he was lost.”
“It's now up to the states to figure out how they implement that definition of a well-rounded education, in other words, where they spend federal funds. The new law, the Every Student Succeeds Act, has suggestions like computer science, health, foreign language and geography. So there's no guarantee the arts will now flourish. Arts advocates are ready to help states and school districts with their plans.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“If a man wants to be always in God's company, he must pray regularly and read regularly. When we pray, we talk to God; when we read, God talks to us.”
“If you want to progress in your life and grow, act not to react.”
“Hi. I'm Rachel Trachtenburg. I'm the daughter and the drummer for the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players.”

Source : "Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players: Off and on Broadway". Music, Documentary, 2006.
“Your success in your career will be in direct proportion to what you do after you've done what you are expected to do.”
“There is nothing that makes more cowards and feeble men than public opinion.”
“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.”

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