"Those who do not have power over the story that dominates their lives, power to retell it, to rethink it, deconstruct it, joke about it, and change it as times change, truly are powerless, because they cannot think new thoughts."

-- Salman Rushdie

#Thinking Quotes #Stories Quotes #New Thought Quotes

“I waited with a beeper for a year and 10 months to get that gift.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must do.”
“I just knew how to do the one thing I did, and whether I did it well or not depended on who the director was.”
“You'll see that excuses like "That's not easy" are of no value and that it pays to "push through it" at a pace you can handle. Like getting physically fit, the most important thing is that you keep moving forward at whatever pace you choose, recognizing the consequences of your actions.”
“It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well.”
“Its Vermeer" Kat turned to the boy who lingered in the doorway. "It's stolen" "What can I say?" Hale eased behind her and studied the painting over her shoulder. "I met a very nice man who bet me he had the best security system in Istanbul." His breath was warm on the back of her neck. "He was mistaken.”
“Anybody who wants to learn everything is pretty stupid. You learn what you can.”
“When you confront a problem you begin to solve it.”

Source : "Trying to Build the Business Case for RFID?" by Mark Roberti, www.rfidjournal.com. February 28, 2005.

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