"Learn to control ego. Humans hold their dogmas and biases too tightly, and we only think that our opponents are dogmatic! But we all need criticism. Criticism is the only known antidote to error."

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Source : ActuSF Interview, www.actusf.com. March 2008.

David Brin

#Thinking Quotes #Errors Quotes #Ego Quotes

“Somewhere in between all the mind games, lies and seduction...I fell for you. Somewhere in between all the broken promises, manipulation and heartaches...I got over you. But, I guess I fibbed a few times too. Remember all those times I swore I needed you? Well consider them lies because baby, here I am without you, and I survived.”
“God said,--"Let there be light!" Grim darkness felt His might, And fled away; Then startled seas and mountains cold Shone forth, all bright in blue and gold, And cried--"'Tis day! 'tis day!" "Hail, holy light!" exclaim'd The thunderous cloud that flam'd O'er daisies white; And lo! the rose, in crimson dress'd, Lean'd sweetly on the lily's breast; And blushing murmur'd--Light!”

Source : Ebenezer Elliott, Edwin Elliott “The Poetical Works”, Georg Olms Verlag
“I'm not a method actor, but I'm a big research kind of actor.”

Source : "Q&A - Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Lt. Charles Dawson)". AMC Interview, www.amc.com. September 2013.
“When I was working on my career, I was very aware of what I had done, what I wanted to do next. I'm having a good time just reading things that might be interesting to do.”
“It isn't all over; everything has not been invented; the human adventure is just beginning.”
“Operation Peter Pan spanned from 1960-62 whereby over 14,000 children were sent away from their families in Cuba, some never to reunite again. Pan Am flights took the children to Miami FL, 'Never-Never Land', and the children became known as the 'Peter Pans.' I wrote this song for my daughter, and it is sung for all the daughters and mothers, fathers and brothers who felt this pain of separation all because of governments and their politics.”
“Instead of running from the negative, I've started running towards the positive.”
“It's hope as a decision that makes change possible.”

Source : "The New Evangelical Leaders". "On Being" with Krista Tippett, onbeing.org. November 29, 2007.

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