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During the meeting and the subsequent resolution, we should explicitly disallow the phrases would have or could have, as they are counterfactual statements that result from our human tendency to create possible alternatives to events that have already occurred. #GeneKim

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During the meeting and the subsequent resolution, we should explicitly disallow the phrases would have or could have, as they are counterfactual statements that result from our human tendency to create possible alternatives to events that have already occurred. #GeneKim — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 1, 2022
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The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. #VictorHugo

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The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. #VictorHugo — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 31, 2022
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It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities. #EricHoffer

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It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities. #EricHoffer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 30, 2022
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Nature gave us pain as a messaging device to tell us that we are approaching, or that we have exceeded, our limits in some way. #RayDalio

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Nature gave us pain as a messaging device to tell us that we are approaching, or that we have exceeded, our limits in some way. #RayDalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 30, 2022
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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. #Thoreau

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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. #Thoreau — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 30, 2022
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People's dissatisfaction will fester beneath the surface until one day they surprise you with their resignation. And most of the time when that happens, they're not just quitting your company, they are also quitting you. #JulieZhuo

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People's dissatisfaction will fester beneath the surface until one day they surprise you with their resignation. And most of the time when that happens, they're not just quitting your company, they are also quitting you. #JulieZhuo — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 29, 2022
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Specialization--the number of roles and titles in a group. If people have a special title, they tend to do only things that seem a match for that title. And to protect the power of that role, they tend to hold on to specific knowledge. #JeffSutherland

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Specialization--the number of roles and titles in a group. If people have a special title, they tend to do only things that seem a match for that title. And to protect the power of that role, they tend to hold on to specific knowledge. #JeffSutherland — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 26, 2022
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People are always mistaking what feels good for what is good. #MarkManson

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People are always mistaking what feels good for what is good. #MarkManson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 25, 2022
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I have found little 'good' about human beings. In my experience, most of them are trash... #SigmundFreud

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I have found little 'good' about human beings. In my experience, most of them are trash... #SigmundFreud — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 25, 2022
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Organizational risk. Some good examples might be a toxic team culture, a toilsome fire drill, or a struggling leader. These problems bubble up from your peers [...] How you respond to this is, in my opinion, the core challenge of leading a large organization. #WillLarson

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Organizational risk. Some good examples might be a toxic team culture, a toilsome fire drill, or a struggling leader. These problems bubble up from your peers [...] How you respond to this is, in my opinion, the core challenge of leading a large organization. #WillLarson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 24, 2022
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For introverts, to be alone with our thoughts is as restorative as sleeping, as nourishing as eating. #JonathanRauch

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For introverts, to be alone with our thoughts is as restorative as sleeping, as nourishing as eating. #JonathanRauch — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 23, 2022
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How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it. #AdamSmith

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How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it. #AdamSmith — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 23, 2022
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We become wiser when we acknowledge our ignorance. #Socrates

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We become wiser when we acknowledge our ignorance. #Socrates — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 23, 2022
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The moral of the story? Beware of intellectuals who make a monotheism out of their theories of motivation. #JordanPeterson

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The moral of the story? Beware of intellectuals who make a monotheism out of their theories of motivation. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 22, 2022
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Leaders who use coercion are interested in their own goals and seldom are interested in the wants and needs of followers. Using coercion runs counter to working with followers to achieve a common goal. #PeterGNorthouse

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Leaders who use coercion are interested in their own goals and seldom are interested in the wants and needs of followers. Using coercion runs counter to working with followers to achieve a common goal. #PeterGNorthouse — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 22, 2022
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Those who are set on the Way, but are ashamed of old clothes and coarse food, are not worth consulting. #Confucius

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Those who are set on the Way, but are ashamed of old clothes and coarse food, are not worth consulting. #Confucius — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 21, 2022
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Wear your learning like a watch and do not pull it out merely to show you have it. If you are asked for the time, tell it; but do not proclaim it hourly unasked. #LordChesterfield

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Wear your learning like a watch and do not pull it out merely to show you have it. If you are asked for the time, tell it; but do not proclaim it hourly unasked. #LordChesterfield — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 20, 2022
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Millions of people work in global settings while viewing everything from their own cultural perspectives and assuming that all differences, controversy, and misunderstanding are rooted in personality. This is not due to laziness. #ErinMeyer

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Millions of people work in global settings while viewing everything from their own cultural perspectives and assuming that all differences, controversy, and misunderstanding are rooted in personality. This is not due to laziness. #ErinMeyer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 20, 2022
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We are like ants preoccupied with our jobs of carrying crumbs in our very brief lifetimes instead of having a broader perspective of the big-picture patterns... important interrelated things driving them, where we are within the cycles, and what's likely to transpire. #RayDalio

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We are like ants preoccupied with our jobs of carrying crumbs in our very brief lifetimes instead of having a broader perspective of the big-picture patterns... important interrelated things driving them, where we are within the cycles, and what's likely to transpire. #RayDalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 19, 2022
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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor. #VictorHugo

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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor. #VictorHugo — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 18, 2022
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Forgiving doesn't mean storing up the misdemeanour to use it over and over in the future when it suits you... You can either forgive the partner, and don't bring it up again, or you can call it a day, and let the person find someone else who won't torment them. #StevePeters

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Forgiving doesn't mean storing up the misdemeanour to use it over and over in the future when it suits you... You can either forgive the partner, and don't bring it up again, or you can call it a day, and let the person find someone else who won't torment them. #StevePeters — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 18, 2022
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When the women start to push 40, they're not single, fun girls around town any more. #DarrenStar

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When the women start to push 40, they're not single, fun girls around town any more. #DarrenStar — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 18, 2022
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The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare. #BobbyKnight

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The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare. #BobbyKnight — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 17, 2022
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We are but one of the multitude, in no respect better than any other in it. #AdamSmith

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We are but one of the multitude, in no respect better than any other in it. #AdamSmith — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 16, 2022
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Unplanned work has another side effect. When you spend all your time firefighting, there's little time or energy left for planning. When all you do is react, there's not enough time to do the hard mental work of figuring out whether you can accept new work. #GeneKim

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Unplanned work has another side effect. When you spend all your time firefighting, there's little time or energy left for planning. When all you do is react, there's not enough time to do the hard mental work of figuring out whether you can accept new work. #GeneKim — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 16, 2022
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The first big part of your job as a manager is to ensure that your team knows what success looks like and cares about achieving it. #JulieZhuo

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The first big part of your job as a manager is to ensure that your team knows what success looks like and cares about achieving it. #JulieZhuo — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 16, 2022
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Happy people simply do better--at home, at work, in life. They make more money, they have better jobs, they graduate from college, and they live longer. It's quite remarkable. Almost universally they're just better at what they do. #JeffSutherland

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Happy people simply do better--at home, at work, in life. They make more money, they have better jobs, they graduate from college, and they live longer. It's quite remarkable. Almost universally they're just better at what they do. #JeffSutherland — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 15, 2022
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But there will be times in your life when it will take everything you have to face what is in front of you, instead of hiding away from a truth so terrible that the only thing worse is the falsehood you long to replace it with. #JordanPeterson

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But there will be times in your life when it will take everything you have to face what is in front of you, instead of hiding away from a truth so terrible that the only thing worse is the falsehood you long to replace it with. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 15, 2022
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Hope for nothing. Hope for what already is--because hope is ultimately empty. Anything your mind can conceptualize is fundamentally flawed and limited and therefore damaging if worshipped unconditionally. Don't hope for more happiness. Don't hope for less suffering. #MarkManson

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Hope for nothing. Hope for what already is--because hope is ultimately empty. Anything your mind can conceptualize is fundamentally flawed and limited and therefore damaging if worshipped unconditionally. Don't hope for more happiness. Don't hope for less suffering. #MarkManson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 14, 2022
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The greatest weariness comes from work not done. #EricHoffer

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The greatest weariness comes from work not done. #EricHoffer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 13, 2022
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Never mistake motion for action. #ErnestHemingway

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Never mistake motion for action. #ErnestHemingway — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 13, 2022
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The gentleman worries about the Way, not about poverty. #Confucius

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The gentleman worries about the Way, not about poverty. #Confucius — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 13, 2022
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I also feared boredom and mediocrity much more than I feared failure. For me, great is better than terrible, and terrible is better than mediocre, because terrible at least gives life flavor. #RayDalio

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I also feared boredom and mediocrity much more than I feared failure. For me, great is better than terrible, and terrible is better than mediocre, because terrible at least gives life flavor. #RayDalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 11, 2022
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Behave as if an impartial spectator is watching you. Use the idea of an impartial spectator to step outside yourself and see yourself as others see you. Use that vision to know yourself. Avoid the seductions of money and fame, for they will never satisfy. #RussRoberts

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Behave as if an impartial spectator is watching you. Use the idea of an impartial spectator to step outside yourself and see yourself as others see you. Use that vision to know yourself. Avoid the seductions of money and fame, for they will never satisfy. #RussRoberts — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 11, 2022
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With careful searching, with careful attention, you might tip the balance toward opportunity and against obstacle sufficiently so that life is clearly worth living, despite its fragility and suffering. #JordanPeterson

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With careful searching, with careful attention, you might tip the balance toward opportunity and against obstacle sufficiently so that life is clearly worth living, despite its fragility and suffering. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 11, 2022
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My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people. #PatriciaHighsmith

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My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people. #PatriciaHighsmith — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 10, 2022
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The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident. #CharlesLamb

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The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident. #CharlesLamb — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 9, 2022
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Organizational debt. This is the organizational sibling of technical debt, and it represents things like biased interview processes and inequitable compensation mechanisms. These are systemic problems that are preventing your organization from reaching its potential. #WillLarson

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Organizational debt. This is the organizational sibling of technical debt, and it represents things like biased interview processes and inequitable compensation mechanisms. These are systemic problems that are preventing your organization from reaching its potential. #WillLarson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 9, 2022
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Wages, profit, and rent, are the three original sources of all revenue, as well as of all exchangeable value. All other revenue is ultimately derived from someone or other of these. #AdamSmith

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Wages, profit, and rent, are the three original sources of all revenue, as well as of all exchangeable value. All other revenue is ultimately derived from someone or other of these. #AdamSmith — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 9, 2022
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Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. #EarlNightingale

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Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. #EarlNightingale — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 8, 2022
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France has always had a special place for Apple. This is the best place to discover and chat with all musicians, graphic designers, designers, or photographers who use our products. There is such creative energy. #TimCook

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France has always had a special place for Apple. This is the best place to discover and chat with all musicians, graphic designers, designers, or photographers who use our products. There is such creative energy. #TimCook — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 8, 2022
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The way we are conditioned to see the world in our own culture seems so completely obvious and commonplace that it is difficult to image that another culture might do things differently. #ErinMeyer

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The way we are conditioned to see the world in our own culture seems so completely obvious and commonplace that it is difficult to image that another culture might do things differently. #ErinMeyer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 7, 2022
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Not only should we fill our off-hours with photo-worthy pursuits, but those pursuits should be awe-inspiring. If we can't get our friends to 'like' our hobbies, then what's the point? #CelesteHeadlee

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Not only should we fill our off-hours with photo-worthy pursuits, but those pursuits should be awe-inspiring. If we can't get our friends to 'like' our hobbies, then what's the point? #CelesteHeadlee — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 6, 2022
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Remember our definition of management? A manager's job is to get better outcomes from a group of people working together through influencing purpose, people, and process. #JulieZhuo

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Remember our definition of management? A manager's job is to get better outcomes from a group of people working together through influencing purpose, people, and process. #JulieZhuo — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 6, 2022
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Women are obtaining undergraduate degrees at a far higher rate than men, and women are earning professional and doctorate degrees at a rate greater or nearly equal to that of men, but they are still vastly underrepresented in top leadership positions. #PeterGNorthouse

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Women are obtaining undergraduate degrees at a far higher rate than men, and women are earning professional and doctorate degrees at a rate greater or nearly equal to that of men, but they are still vastly underrepresented in top leadership positions. #PeterGNorthouse — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 6, 2022
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The three grand essentials of happiness are: Something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for. #AlexanderChalmers

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The three grand essentials of happiness are: Something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for. #AlexanderChalmers — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 5, 2022
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To be effective you must not let your need to be right be more important than your need to find out what's true. If you are too proud of what you know or of how good you are at something you will learn less, make inferior decisions, and fall short of your potential. #RayDalio

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To be effective you must not let your need to be right be more important than your need to find out what's true. If you are too proud of what you know or of how good you are at something you will learn less, make inferior decisions, and fall short of your potential. #RayDalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 4, 2022
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A hypothetical world from which the sacred had been swept away would admit of only two possibilities: vain fantasy that recognizes itself as such, or immediate satisfaction which exhausts itself. #LeszekKolakowski

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A hypothetical world from which the sacred had been swept away would admit of only two possibilities: vain fantasy that recognizes itself as such, or immediate satisfaction which exhausts itself. #LeszekKolakowski — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 4, 2022
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Life is one never-ending stream of pain, and to grow is not to find a way to avoid that stream but, rather, to dive into it and successfully navigate its depths. #MarkManson

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Life is one never-ending stream of pain, and to grow is not to find a way to avoid that stream but, rather, to dive into it and successfully navigate its depths. #MarkManson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 4, 2022
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The prince always married the princess and the wicked witch died and everyone lived happily ever after... In fact we might do our children a favour by changing the ending to let the witch kill off the princess and marry the prince. #StevePeters

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The prince always married the princess and the wicked witch died and everyone lived happily ever after... In fact we might do our children a favour by changing the ending to let the witch kill off the princess and marry the prince. #StevePeters — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 3, 2022
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Aim at something profound and noble and lofty. If you can find a better path along the way, once you have started moving forward, then switch course. #JordanPeterson

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Aim at something profound and noble and lofty. If you can find a better path along the way, once you have started moving forward, then switch course. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 2, 2022
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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. #MarkTwain

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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. #MarkTwain — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 2, 2022
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In any value stream, there is always a direction of flow, and there is always one and only constraint; any improvement not made at that constraint is an illusion. #GeneKim

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In any value stream, there is always a direction of flow, and there is always one and only constraint; any improvement not made at that constraint is an illusion. #GeneKim — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 2, 2022
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A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people's business. #EricHoffer

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A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people's business. #EricHoffer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 1, 2022
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