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Category: Quotations

  • Quote: Isaac Asimov

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    The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not “Eureka!” but “That’s funny…” –Isaac Asimov

  • Quote: E. C. McKenzie

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    >It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities. –E. C. McKenzie

  • Quote: Ralph Waldo Emerson

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    >”Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”–Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • Quote: Chuck Swindol

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    >The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. It is will make or break a…

  • Quote: Collective Stupidity

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    Quoted from [Creating Passionate Users](http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cpu/~3/79458827/the_dumbness_of.html) >Meanwhile, an individual best achieves optimal stupidity on those rare occasions when one is both given substantial powers and insulated from the results of his or her actions. If the above criteria have any merit, then there is an unfortunate convergence. The setup for the most stupid collective is also…

  • Quote: David Allen

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    >Focus on positive outcomes and continually take the next action of the most important thing. –David Allen

  • The 10 Steps to a Strong Personal Foundation

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    I’ve been hunting and pecking optimal thoughts for many years. Going through an old office folder of things I had on my wall I came across ‘The 10 Steps to a Strong Personal Foundation’. If you have this in one hand and some form of gtd philosophy in the other I don’t think you can…