"I love poetry, read it a lot, but make no claim to being able to write it."

-- Michael Helm

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“Human beings have always told their histories and truths through parable and fable. We are inveterate storytellers.”
“I am convinced that most companies don't maximize their barter possibilities. Instead of aggressively reducing costs by trading their services with those of their suppliers, they seem content to pay top dollar for everything.”

Source : Mark H. McCormack (1990). “What They Still Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School”, Bantam
“Compassion will no longer be seen as a spiritual luxury for a contemplative few; rather it will be viewed as a social necessity for the entire human family.”

Source : Duane Elgin (1993). “Awakening earth: exploring the evolution of human culture and consciousness”, William Morrow & Co
“It doesn't take any more energy to create a big dream than it does to create a little one.”
“So much of life is what you roll and where you land.”
“For memory, we use our imagination. We take a few strands of real time and carry them with us, then like an oyster we create a pearl around them.”
“Most calves and fawns will soon die. Only the luckiest and fittest will survive. Therefore either hunters or Mother Nature can take them. The logical harvesting strategy is to take calves or fawns during the fall hunting seasons, before winter can waste them.”
“This is really hard to do but I'd like to change the tone now and briefly mention today's terrible tragedy in France. Twelve people were killed because a satirical newspaper made jokes that some group found offensive. All of us are accustomed to bad news from around the world. But this story hits home for anybody who mocks anyone.”

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