"Thin ribbons of fear snake bluely through you like a system of rivers. We need a cloudburst or soothing landscape fast, to still this panic. Maybe a field of dracaena, or a vast stand of sugar pinesâ€”generous, gum-yielding treesâ€”to fill our minds with vegetable wonder and keep dread at bay."

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Source : Amy Gerstler (2000). “Medicine”, p.21, Penguin

Amy Gerstler

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“My life has a superb cast, but I cannot figure out the plot.”
“My advice for the next commander in chief: Listen to your military advisers. Listen to your generals. They are the experts. Even if you have a commander in chief who has served in the military, that person still isn’t engaged on a daily basis. The generals will know best.”

Source : "Congress at War". www.politico.com. July, 2015.
“Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.”

Source : Attributed in "The 101 Greatest Business Principles of All Time" by Leslie Pockell, November 23, 2004.
“If you can make someone tear up a little bit and feel something in their throat, those are the best kinds. That generally means that there's got to be some love in there.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to myself and others the complexities of a marriage that was for six years wonderfully productive of poetry and then ended in tragedy.”
“Shrews are made, not born.”

Source : Margaret Millar (1952). “Rose's last summer”, New York
“Let's be honest. There's not a business anywhere that is without problems. Business is complicated and imperfect. Every business everywhere is staffed with imperfect human beings and exists by providing a product or service to other imperfect human beings.”
“Country music has the great stories.”

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