"Is there not too much tension in the world at present, and might it not be better if more people were slackers?"

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Source : James Hilton (1988). “Lost Horizon”, p.168, Simon and Schuster

James Hilton

#People Quotes #World Quotes #Might Quotes

“Our whole philosophy is one of transparency.”
“Art is a delayed echo.”
“When kids don't learn about their own heritage in school, they just don't care about school... But you won't see it in the history books unless we get the power to write our own history and tell our story ourselves.”
“Love enmeshes you in your partner's unique set of karmic complications, so make sure you're very interested in his or her problems. Love is a laboratory where you can uncover secrets about yourself that have previously been hidden, so be ravenously curious.”
“Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.”
“Itâ€™s not about having a Silicon Valley attitudeâ€”itâ€™s about having an entrepreneurial attitude.Â Itâ€™s about partnering with other organizations in and around your area.Â Itâ€™s about thinking big with entrepreneurs that sit next to you in your coworking space.Â Itâ€™s aboutÂ collaboratingÂ with tech gurus, social media wizards and community leaders at cool business events.Â Itâ€™s theÂ peopleÂ that make a community an entrepreneurial oneâ€”not the locationâ€”and itâ€™s up to you to contribute.”
“There's a magical part of it (writing obituaries), too, which is you're trying to breathe life back into someone who has just died. You're trying to conjure them up.”
“The impossible missions are the only ones which succeed.”

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