"It was unwise to plan too carefully. It took only one great failure to learn that lesson."

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Source : Belva Plain (2011). “Fortune's Hand”, p.159, Dell

Belva Plain

#Women Quotes #Lessons Quotes #Plans Quotes

“An ounce of emotion is equal to a ton of facts.”
“All intellectual missionaries tend to lechery.”

Source : Marian Engel (1968). “No Clouds of Glory”, New York : Harcourt, Brace & World
“Think, walk, talk and act like a nonsmoker and you will soon be one”
“During the day I force myself to at least eat some salads rather than rubbish, and a steak in the evening. In fact, I eat to basically satisfy my hunger. I hardly have the time to appreciate a meal, and I'm everything, but a gourmet.”
“Partying has never been my thing. I've been around some wild people. I've been in the same room and watched them experiment, and that's been entertaining.”
“I never hesitated to promote someone I didn't like. The comfortable assistant - the nice guy you like to go on fishing trips with - is a great pitfall. Instead I looked for those sharp, scratchy, harsh, almost unpleasant guys who see and tell you about things as they really are. If you can get enough of them around you, and have patience enough to hear them out, there is no limit to where you can go.”
“The things that have been most valuable to me I did not learn in school.”
“Action and flexibility create opportunity”

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