"The great law of denial belongs to the powerful forces of life, whether the case be one of coolish baked beans, or an unrequited affection."

-- Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward

#Powerful Quotes #Law Quotes #Denial Quotes

“I believe nature offers opportunities for connection, the arts offer opportunities for self-expression, and life offers continual opportunities for growth and self-discovery.”
“Innocence and optimism have one basic failing: they have no fundamental depth.”

Source : Charles A. Reich (1970). “The Greening of America”
“<...> though he found that if you are stupid enough to bury a camera underground you won't be taking many pictures with it afterwards. Thus the story has no picture book for the period May 10, 1991 - January 7, 1992. But this is not important. It is the experiences, the memories, the great triumphant joy of living to the fullest extent in which real meaning is found. God it's great to be alive! Thank you. Thank you.”
“A lot of people at Shearson ended up making a lot of money because they had stock or stock options. Their kids were able to go to college, and it changed a lot of people's lives.”
“To build a city where it is impossible to build a city is madness in itself, but to build there one of the most elegant and grandest of cities is the madness of genius.”

Source : "The lost city of Venice" by Josh McHugh, www.wired.com. August 1, 2003.
“I think all of us certainly believed the statistics which said that probably 88% chance of mission success and maybe 96% chance of survival. And we were willing to take those odds.”
“I was always more interested in being a woman first and an advertising person second.”
“Itâ€™s all risk. And if it isnâ€™t, it needs to be. The real trick is to find the risk that is right for you, a risk that doesnâ€™t take you so far out of your own identity that itâ€™s not a you that you recognize whoâ€™s doing the writing.”

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