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QUOTE A DAY - April 17, 2014
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*---- Quotes For The Week ----*I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.
--Steve Jobs
We never know any data before interpreting it through theories. All observations are, as Popper put it, theory-laden, and hence fallible, as all our theories are.
--David Deutsch, "The Beginning of Infinity"
To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.
--Bruce Lee
**--- MYSTERY QUOTE ---**The modern world needs people with a complex identity who are intellectually autonomous and prepared to cope with uncertainty; who are able to tolerate ambiguity and not be driven by fear into a rigid, single-solution approach to problems, who are rational, foresightful and who look for facts; who can draw inferences and can control their behavior in the light of foreseen consequences, who are altruistic and enjoy doing for others, and who understand social forces and trends.
See at the bottom for the answer*---- More Quotes for the Week ----*Don't think, Feel, it is like a finger pointing out to the moon, don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.
--Bruce Lee
What I assert is that this moral principle which posits 'the general good of society' as a moral aim, is not good enough as a basis of ethics; for example, that it leads to lying-'for the general good of society' or 'for the benefit of the city'. In other words, I try to show that ethical collectivism is mischievous, and that it corrupts.
--Karl Popper, 'The Open Society and Its Enemies', Addenda. Volume I)
Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.
--Steve Jobs
MYSTERY QUOTE AND ANSWER - DID YOU GUESS CORRECTLY?The modern world needs people with a complex identity who are intellectually autonomous and prepared to cope with uncertainty; who are able to tolerate ambiguity and not be driven by fear into a rigid, single-solution approach to problems, who are rational, foresightful and who look for facts; who can draw inferences and can control their behavior in the light of foreseen consequences, who are altruistic and enjoy doing for others, and who understand social forces and trends.
ANSWER: Robert Havighurst
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