"The answer is that the success of any kind of social epidemic is heavily dependent on the involvement of people with a particular and rare set of social gifts."

-- Malcolm Gladwell

#Epidemics Quotes #People Quotes #Answers Quotes

“The planet was being destroyed by manufacturing processes, and what was being manufactured was lousy, by and large.”
“I'm sure Putnam is right that there's been a decline in certain kinds of organizations like bowling leagues. But people participate in communities in other ways.”
“Look to the horizon, spread your wings, and fly.”
“My goal was never to get re-elected.”
“Most people do not benefit from psychoanalysis because the trauma lies not in this life but in a past life.”
“The purpose of a fishing trip is not to catch fish. Bringing home meat is important, but it is more symbolic than necessary, as the new morality of catch-and-release has shown. What is important is what happens between people on fishing trips, especially between uncles and nephews, fathers and sons, old men in general and young boys in particular, it is one of the few times men are together without women.”
“I'm not squeamish at all. As a child I dragged a dead squirrel home on my skateboard and cut it open and tried to look at its brain.”
“Having fun unleashes creativity. It is one of the seeds you plant to get ideas”

Source : Jack Foster, Larry Corby (2007). “How to Get Ideas”, p.27, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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