"There are always pressures on decision-makers other than just what is right or what is wrong."

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Duncan Green

#Decision Quotes #Pressure Quotes #Makers Quotes

“You cannot fix a problem that you refuse to acknowledge.”

Source : Margaret Heffernan (2011). “Wilful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious”, p.97, Simon and Schuster
“I sincerely believe that there is a time in life for drifting. There is a time for sitting back and getting in touch with yourself. Some of our most interesting illuminations and ideas will come when we take time to reflect, time to kick back and cruise awhile.”

Source : Rudolfo Anaya (2015). “The Essays”, p.34, Open Road Media
“They who see only what they wish to see in those around them are very fortunate.”

Source : Marie Bashkirtseff (1919). “Marie Bashkirtseff: the journal of a young artist, 1860-1884”
“If you write your own tools, you can sort of see new things, design new things.”
“Ever since the destruction of Baghdad by the Mongols in 1258, the Muslim world has been in slow decline relative to the west. With Napoleon's invasion of Egypt and the creeping British annexation of Muslim India, that decline took on a malign aspect.”
“My art became very public.”
“Revolutionaries are more formalistic than conservatives.”
“I'm very fortunate, and I know that.”

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