"History is a process of transformation through conversation. In our efforts to produce change,we often forget how important it is to pay attention to what is being conserved."

-- Humberto Maturana

#Inspirational Quotes #Effort Quotes #Important Quotes

“Maybe I'm stupid or whatever, but to me if I got a concussion, if I could see straight and I could carry a football then I'm not telling anybody.”
“Google will make us more informed. The smartest person in the world could well be behind a plow in China or India. Providing universal access to information will allow such people to realize their full potential, providing benefits to the entire world.”

Source : "The structure of the Internet". Report from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, 2010.
“I want to be famous so I can be humble about being famous. What good is my humility when I am stuck in this obscurity?”

Source : David Budbill (2012). “Moment to Moment: Poems of a Mountain Recluse”, p.56, Copper Canyon Press
“Recovery begins from the darkest moment.”

Source : "UK economy has passed darkest moment, says John Major" by Nicholas Watt, www.theguardian.com. September 16, 2012.
“You know you knit too much when ... Before you buy anything, such as a hammock or curtains, you seriously wonder whether you could knit it.”

Source : Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2012). “At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much”, p.294, Storey Publishing
“When I was in film school I was learning more theory than practice.”
“Women are always being tested ... but ultimately, each of us has to define who we are individually and then do the very best job we can to grow into it.”
“To accept civilization as it is practically means accepting decay.”

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