"I'd rather die than let somebody get the better of me."

-- Paloma Faith

“Global fuel and consumption, however, is projected to increase by 100 to 150 percent over the next 20 years, driven largely by the rapidly growing Chinese and Indian economies; and this growth and this increase in demand will force prices even higher.”
“Gut health is the key to overall health.”
“Men are merely on a lower or higher stage of an eminence, whose summit is God's throne infinitely above all; and there is just as much reason for the wisest as for the simplest man being discontent with his position, as respects the real quantity of knowledge he possesses.”
“No matter how perfect & honest a person is, there will always be people to criticize. In other words, if everyone agrees with someone, there is something fundamentally wrong with what that individual is doing. If you are not criticized, you are not in the right track.”
“Having fun unleashes creativity. It is one of the seeds you plant to get ideas”

Source : Jack Foster, Larry Corby (2007). “How to Get Ideas”, p.27, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
“When you make a mistake or get ridiculed or rejected, look at mistakes as learning experiences, and ridicule as ignorance. Look at rejection as part of one performance, not as a turn down of the performer.”
“Define loneliness? Yes. It's what we can't do for each other.”

Source : Claudia Rankine (2004). “Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric”, Graywolf Press
“Despite official drivel about clean bombs and tactical nuclear weapons, anyone who can read a newspaper or listen to a radio knows that some of us mortals have the power to destroy the human race and man's home on earth. We need not even make war; only by preparing, by playing with our new weapons, we poison the air, the water, the soil of our plants, damage the health of the living, and weaken the chances of the newborn.”

Source : Martha Gellhorn (1959). “The Face of War”

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