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The Monday Morning Quote #698
“A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.” Seneca. (Like these raw stones, we need a little friction to become our best. Don’t look at the trials before you as obstacles, consider them as a training ground, and improve.)
The Monday Morning Quote #697
From the Letters Page of the FT.com/Weekend Magazine, April 30th/May 1st 2022. The one sentence comment on the article in the previous magazine, “The evolution of Marine Le Pen” says a great deal and sums up a much of what is happening. “The willingness of people to believe that someone or something will make theirContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #697”
The Monday Morning Quote #695
Two quotes this week, from a piece in the Weekend Financial Times’ Fashion Supplement from the 9th/10th April 2022 in an article titled “Sage and the Scholar” featuring Paul Smith and Priya Ahluwalia. “The industry has changed enormously and it’s a much more crowded and competitive place. To anyone starting out (as a creative) today,Continue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #695”
The Monday Morning Quote #693
“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.” Goethe One of my favourite quotes, sayings or whatever you want to call them. Probably posted in this series before but well worth repeating. Bob Desautels has a good discussion on it here.
The Monday Morning Quote #692
“Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when peopleContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #692”
Fiona Hill on Putin and Nukes
“Putin is increasingly operating emotionally and likely to use all the weapons at his disposal, including nuclear ones.” From Yesterday’s “Politico”. Dr Hill is a UK born Russian expert who has previously drawn parallels between Presidents Trump and Putin, displaying their penchant for personal power, public performance and used public nostalgia to gain support. InContinue reading “Fiona Hill on Putin and Nukes”
The Monday Morning Quote #688
“There are a few times in life when you leap up and the past that you’d been standing on falls away behind you, and the future you mean to land on is not yet in place, and for a moment you’re suspended knowing nothing and no one, not even yourself.“ Ann Patchett Via wordsmith.org
The Monday Morning Quote #679
“Always take as long as the job tells you, because it’ll be there when you’re not; and you don’t want folk saying ‘What fool made that codge?’“ Alan Garner, Author. Quoted in FT (Dec 18/19 2021)
The Monday Morning Quote #678
“There’s a set of rules that anything that was in the world when you were born is normal and natural. Anything invented between when you were 15 and 35 is new and revolutionary and exciting, and you’ll probably get a career in it. Anything invented after you’re 35 is against the natural order of things.” Continue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #678”
The Incisal Edge 