"You can only really really hurt the ones that you really really love."

-- Megan McCafferty

“The scientific attitude implies the postulate of objectivity-that is to say, the fundamental postulate that there is no plan; that there is no intention in the universe.”
“My father urged Alan [Lomax] not to repeat the mistakes of the European folklorists who, a century ago, had collected these peasant songs and then arranged them for part choir and accompanied them on piano, and then told the young people of their country, "Don't change a note, this is our sacred heritage." Father said, whether it's a fiddle tune or a gospel song, learn it right off the record from the people who grew up with it. Don't just learn it from a piece of paper.”
“It's a hard, simple calculus: Run until you can't run anymore. Then run some more. Find a new source of energy and will. Then run even faster.”

Source : Scott Jurek, Steve Friedman (2012). “Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness”, p.5, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“True leadership strengthens the followers. It is a process of teaching, setting an example, and empowering others. If you seek to lead, your ability will ultimately be measured in the successes of those around you.”

Source : David Niven (2007). “Simple secrets of success: what scientists have learned and how you can use it”
“If plan A doesn't work, the alphabet has 25 more letters - 204 if you're in Japan.”

Source : Claire Cook (2015). “Seven Year Switch”, p.222, Marshbury Beach Books
“Poets and beggars, musicians and prophets, warriors and scoundrels, all creatures of that unbridled reality, we have had to ask but little of our imagination, for our crucial problem has been a lack of conventional means to render our lives believable. This, my friends, is the crux of our solitude.”
“What is forgiven is usually well remembered.”

Source : Louis Dudek (1992). “Paradise: Essays on Myth, Art & Reality”, Vehicule Press
“Take criticism, smash it into dust. Add color and use it to paint breathtaking images of unicorns frolicking through endless fields of greatness.”

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