"I guess we're all one phone call from our knees"

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Source : Song: Closer to Love, Album: City of Black and White, 2009

Mat Kearney

#Phones Quotes #Phone Calls Quotes #Knees Quotes

“A poet is the translator of the silent language of nature to the world.”
“Educators must resist the quest for certainty. If there were certainty there would be no scientific advancement.Â So it is with morals and patriotism.”
“I write because I'm unhappy. I write because it's a way of fighting unhappiness.”
“We're out there somewhere between the known and the unknown, trying to reel in both for a closer look.”
“I went to an all-girls Catholic school. And all the nuns just breathed down our necks "abstinence." And that's not the right thing to do. It does not work. Kids will not listen to that. They're going to experiment no matter what, so you have to be honest. You have to say, "You know what, if you're gonna do it, at least think about the consequences and get protection.”
“For example, a few years ago, a great French philosopher, Roger Garaudy, wrote a scientific book. He did not offend, curse, or insult anyone. He wrote a scientific research of an academic nature, in which he discussed the alleged Jewish Holocaust in Germany. He proved that this Holocaust is a myth.”
“The depth of any story is proportionate to the protagonist's commitment to their goal, the complexity of the problem, and the grace of the solution.”
“You need to be uncomfortable and apprehensive: True strategy is about placing bets and making hard choices. The objective is not to eliminate risk but to increase the odds of success.”

Source : "The Big Lie of Strategic Planning". Article by Roger Martin, hbr.org. January - February 2014.

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