"It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts."

-- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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“[T]he influence of the German school is most obvious in relation to the contract theory of the origin of the state and the idea of the function of the state. The theory that the state originates in an agreement between men was assailed by the German thinkers and the historical, organic, evolutionary idea substituted for it.”
“I'd love to do a modern-day musical that's full of original music. To get your contemporaries to sing and dance without looking foolish and for it to be transformational and magical and all those things a musical is supposed to be.”
“To a normal person, $10 million will seem like enough. But anyone who thinks that's enough is not the type that can acquire that much in the first place.”
“We spend so much time and expend so much energy trying to gain a sense of worth from othersultimately, only God's opinion of us matters.”
“If you don't have a set of principles that you can explain for what you are doing, then how can anybody know what you're going to do next?”

Source : "Big Think Interview with David Wessel". bigthink.com. November 20, 2009.
“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”

Source : "Words of Wisdom to Live By". Book by Alfred Armand Montapert, 1986.
“The more shared past there is in a relationship, the more present you need to be...”
“We usually overestimate what we think we can accomplish in one year-but we grossly underestimate what we can accomplish in a decade.”

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