David Korten Quotes

Europeans say they are proud of their social fabric, of strong rights for workers and the weak in society.

David Korten

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Some mathematics problems look simple, and you try them for a year or so, and then you try them for a hundred years, and it turns out that they're extremely hard to solve. There's no reason why these problems shouldn't be easy, and yet they turn out to be extremely intricate.

Andrew Wiles

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The problem of freedom in America is that of maintaining a competition of ideas, and you do not achieve that by silencing one brand of idea.

Max Lerner

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Tightness gets in the way of everything, except tightness.

Jeff Bridges

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We can say, 'OK, I'm going to be in the car for an hour; what can I do to improve my quality of life during that hour?'

Jeff Kober

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Your body can't get stronger or more powerful unless you're balanced.

Tori Bowie

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Grit is that 'extra something' that separates the most successful people from the rest. It's the passion, perseverance, and stamina that we must channel in order to stick with our dreams until they become a reality.

Travis Bradberry

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What made me pick up a guitar? It weighed a lot less than a piano.

Ronnie Montrose

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Snowboarding has taken me so many different places.

Mike Schultz

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Every nation on this planet has its issues with race, and I am not sure if everyone has figured out how to deal with it. America has become more politically correct.

Montel Williams

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My father was the child of academics and was probably destined to become an academic himself but vetoed that idea. Bailed, dropped out of graduate school and just went to work for an insurance company. But the house was full of books and music and all of that.

Lorrie Moore

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We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.

Jules Verne

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Far better to be the simplest pedestrian, with knapsack on back, stick in hand, and gun on shoulder, than an Indian prince travelling with all the ceremonial which his rank requires.

Jules Verne

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