"Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim."

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Source : The Life of Reason vol. 1, introduction (1905)

George Santayana

#Inspirational Quotes #Goal Quotes #Effort Quotes

“For years, more women were steered toward the studio or toward being a reporter. If that's what you want to do and that's what you love - by all means, go do it. That's OK to be ambitious and do things that are out of the norm if that's the route you want to take. We're already seeing women breaking down those barriers in what was once male-dominated. There are opportunities for women to fill those roles.”

Source : Source: bleacherreport.com
“You're bored? That's because you keep your senses awake and your soul asleep.”
“And you, my Critics! in the chequer'd shade, Admire new light thro' holes yourselves have made.”
“He only half dies who leaves an image of himself in his sons.”

Source : "Pamela". Book by Carlo Goldoni, 1750.
“The facts of the present won't sit still for a portrait. They are constantly vibrating, full of clutter and confusion.”
“I wonder if, in the dark night of the sea, the octopus dreams of me.”
“The richest people in the world build networks; everyone else is trained to look for work.”
“Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge: the serenity to accept the things we cannot predict, the courage to predict the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”

Source : Nate Silver (2012). “The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't”, p.309, Penguin

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