"I am essentially an entertainer and a storyteller."

-- Bryce Courtenay

#Storyteller Quotes #Entertainers Quotes

“Wisdom is not book learning but, rather, a quality or state of knowing what is true or right coupled with the judgment to discern constructive action. Wisdom is the insight and intuition contained in the proverbial still, small voice that only a quiet mind can hear and know.”

Source : Sue Patton Thoele (2008). “The Mindful Woman: Gentle Practices for Restoring Calm, Finding Balance, and Opening Your Heart”, p.96, New Harbinger Publications
“There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.”

Source : "Paradigms Lost: Learning from Environmental Mistakes, Mishaps and Misdeeds" by Daniel A. Vallero, (p. 367), 2005.
“To be listened to is, generally speaking, a nearly unique experience for most people. It is enormously stimulating. It is small wonder that people who have been demanding all their lives to be heard so often fall speechless when confronted with one who gravely agrees to lend an ear. Man clamors for the freedom to express himself and for knowing that he counts. But once offered these conditions, he becomes frightened.”
“Never be the brightest person in the room.”

Source : James Watson: How we discovered DNA, TED talk, February 2005.
“I didn't have a whole lot of success getting dates, I was always a bit of a geek.”
“Sometimes I spend all day trying to count the leaves on a single tree... Of course I have to give up, but by then I'm half crazy with the wonder of it--the abundance of the leaves, the quietness of the branches, the hopelessness of my effort. And I am in that delicious and important place, roaring with laughter, full of earth-praise.”
“People are generally opposed to things they know nothing about.”
“Competition is easier to accept if you realize it is not an act of oppression or abrasion-I've worked with my best friends in direct competition.”

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