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So Britt-Marie stays in there and dries her hair and brings them luck and has a life crisis. It’s possible to do all of these things at the same time.
“Moral: to the extent you can choose, work on problems you think will be important.”
― The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn
― The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn
“The past is nothing but a shackle we need to get rid of. Such an excruciating burden. If only I could have no past - you know, if only I could be a nobody, start from point zero and just remain there forever. As light as a feather...”
― The Bastard of Istanbul
― The Bastard of Istanbul
“Strictness to oneself joined with tenderness towards others, forms a truly excellent character. But for the most part, the man who is mild towards others, will be so towards himself, and he who is severe towards himself will be the same towards others; a character which is tender towards itself and severe towards others, is of all the most contemptible.”
― On the Aesthetic Education of Man
― On the Aesthetic Education of Man
“If given a choice between a potentially great hardship and doing nothing, people gravitated toward what was most familiar and comfortable. That was why leadership was needed. To do what was necessary rather than what was easy.”
― Age of Myth
― Age of Myth
“This led to a debate between the two men on the differences between what was probable, plausible, and possible”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
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