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The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual.


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You cannot change how someone thinks, but you can give them a tool to use which will lead them to think differently.



In order to change an existing paradigm you do not struggle to try and change the problematic model. You create a new model and make the old one obsolete.

In order to change an existing paradigm you do not struggle to try and change the problematic model. You create a new model and make the old one obsolete.



There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.



Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.

Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.



Mistakes are great, the more I make the smarter I get.

Mistakes are great, the more I make the smarter I get.



If you want to teach people a new way of thinking, don't bother trying to teach them. Instead, give them a tool, the use of which will lead to new ways of thinking.

If you want to teach people a new way of thinking, don't bother trying to teach them. Instead, give them a tool, the use of which will lead to new ways of thinking.



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We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.



You can rest assured that if you devote your time and attention to the highest advantage of others, the Universe will support you, always and only in the nick of time.

You can rest assured that if you devote your time and attention to the highest advantage of others, the Universe will support you, always and only in the nick of time.



Love is metaphysical gravity.

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None of the constitutional, legal or other principles bars me from returning to the judiciary, since the judiciary remains independent if the actors remain independent and fair.



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Always go to the bathroom before you ‘go’ to the bathroom.



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Blizzards, floods, volcanos, hurricanes, earthquakes: They fascinate because they nakedly reveal that Mother Nature, afflicted with bipolar disorder, is as likely to snuff us as she is to succor us.



I'll do anything for my wife, it's turning out.

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You don't know where life's gonna take you. Sometimes it takes you getting carried out of a club and then into a booth as an apology for it.

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Medical statistics will be our standard of measurement: we will weigh life for life and see where the dead lie thicker, among the workers or among the privileged.



Making new friends is tough. You don't really know who to trust when you're away from people that you love a lot.

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