"The sustaining of life, in a bodily sense as well as in the sense of psychological health, is inherently subject to risk."

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Source : Anthony Giddens (2013). “Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age”, p.45, John Wiley & Sons

Anthony Giddens

#Health Quotes #Risk Quotes #Psychological Quotes

“In a world of disturbing images, the general body of photography is bland, dealing complacently with nature and treating our preconceptions as insights. Strange, private worlds rarely slip past our guard.”

Source : Henry Holmes Smith, James Enyeart (1986). “Henry Holmes Smith: collected writings 1935-1985”, Center for Creative Photography
“Intelligent transportation technology is key to better parking management. The adage that "You can't manage what you can't measure" fits parking perfectly.”

Source : Source: translib.blogspot.com
“I don't go out and go to parties and do all of that.”
“Show people your stuff, listen carefully to their responses, but ultimately don't value anyone's opinion above your own. Be influenced by writers you dislike as well as writers you like. Read their stuff to figure out what's wrong. Find a balance between the confidence that allows you continue, and the self-critical facility that enables you to improve. Get the balance wrong on either side, and you're screwed.”
“Wearing a bath towel around the school yard and pretending it's a cape doesn't mean you have magical powers.”
“One must be able to let things happen.”
“Whatever it is that gives you that confidence will vary from person to person, but I do believe that it is the key to succeeding at anything in life - career, relationships, anything.”
“When I was in New York it was like a maze, a rat maze, going from one little box to another little box and passing through passageways to get from one safe haven to another.”

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