Escritas - Poems List

Dietrich Dörner

An individual's reality model can

An individual's reality model can be right or wrong, complete or incomplete. As a rule it will be both incomplete and wrong...

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Dietrich Dörner

By labeling a bundle of

By labeling a bundle of problems with a single conceptual label, we make dealing with that problem easier - provided we're not interested in solving it.

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Edgar Wayburn

We should pass on to

We should pass on to future generations the opportunity to enjoy these places and not have them transformed into ordinary places

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Gerald Veritas

Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam

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Nicholas Winterton

“They are a totally different

“They are a totally different type of people. There’s lots of children, there’s noise, there’s activity. I like to have peace and quiet when I’m traveling.”

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Nicholas Audsley

I would like to be

I would like to be a valuable person, more than anything. I would judge a persons value by how prepared they are to give what they have to others. I feel a responsibility to keep open to the opportunities for change in my lifetime, and not to waste time by becoming fixated with my own identity and worth.

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Reginald V. Johnson

“The trick in life (and

“The trick in life (and sales) is to learn from everybody, even those with less credentials than you. It could mean the difference between being number two ... and being number One!”

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Reginald V. Johnson

“The absence of pain is

“The absence of pain is the eternal motivator in almost everything we do.”

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Reginald V. Johnson

“Aberjhani's voice should be heard

“Aberjhani's voice should be heard around the world. He is an extraordinarily gifted writer whose words are more than inspirational, intriguing, and eloquent ... they are poetry in motion.”

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Rafael Sabatini

He was born with a

He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad,

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Morris Mandel

The darkest hour has only

The darkest hour has only sixty minutes.

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Tom Barker

The boxing gloves are really

The boxing gloves are really itchy, and doing press ups in them is hard, but I love acting so much that it's worth it.

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Louis Pasteur

Fortune favors the prepared mind.

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Louis Pasteur

The universe is asymmetric and

The universe is asymmetric and I am persuaded that life, as it is known to us, is a direct result of the asymmetry of the universe or of its indirect consequences. The universe is asymmetric.

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Louis Pasteur

There does not exist a

There does not exist a category of science to which one can give the name applied science. There are science and the applications of science, bound together as the fruit of the tree which bears it.

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Louis Pasteur

You bring me the deepest

You bring me the deepest joy that can be felt by a man whose invincible belief is that Science and Peace will triumph over Ignorance and War, that nations will unite, not to destroy, but to build, and that the future will belong to those who will have done most for suffering humanity.

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Louis Pasteur

In the field of observation,

In the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared minds.

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Louis Pasteur

Did you ever observe to

Did you ever observe to whom the accidents happen? Chance favors only the prepared mind.

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Louis Pasteur

Do not let yourself be

Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism.

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Gabriele d'Annunzio

Io ho quel che ho

Io ho quel che ho donato (I have what I have given)

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Nicholas II of Russia

In the morning I warmed

In the morning I warmed myself while sitting on the greenhouse roof.

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Nicholas II of Russia

Lord, save Russia and bring

Lord, save Russia and bring her peace.

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Nicholas II of Russia

Well, this may have once

Well, this may have once been a ham, but now it is nothing but an ex-ham.

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Nicholas II of Russia

All around me is cowardice

All around me is cowardice and deceit.

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