"We always hope for the easy fix: the one simple change that will erase a problem in a stroke. But few things in life work this way. Instead, success requires making a hundred small steps go right - one after the other, no slipups, no goofs, everyone pitching in."

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Source : Atul Gawande (2010). “Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance”, p.21, Profile Books

Atul Gawande

#Simple Quotes #Small Steps Quotes #Pitching Quotes

“Simple. Pared down. Timeless. The ties were never too thick or too thin; the pants were never too flared or too skinny. In my life with Dad, he wore Western apparel because we went riding - jeans, cowboy boots, the turquoise belt buckle. But it was all very simple, and that classic look is very 'Ralph Lauren.'”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“If you can't feel secure - and teach your children to feel secure - about 1-in-610,000 nightmare scenarios - the problem isn't the world. It's you.”

Source : "The 'Zero-Probability Fallacy' Fallacy". econlog.econlib.org. January 27, 2010.
“Why do beautiful songs make you sad?' 'Because they aren't true.' 'Never?' 'Nothing is beautiful and true.”
“They say the day you die your name is written on a cloud.”

Source : "Fictional character: Jeff Bailey/Jeff Markham". "Out of the Past", 1947.
“Communication is the solvent of all problems and is the foundation for personal development.”
“I would say I used to spend 60 percent of my time just to raise capital, when I was growing.”

Source : Source: www.realstylenetwork.com
“It's possible to transform the violent energy of our time into a culture of kindness. All things are possible through the openness of our mind, the gentleness of our spirit, and the act of understanding and embracing.”
“Nothing that has happened has made me feel gloomy or remain depressed. I love my life.”

Source : Luciano Pavarotti (1995). “Pavarotti, My World”, Crown Pub

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