Random Quote
I always have one or two sometimes more Navajo or other tribes' cultural elements in mind when I start a plot. In Thief of Time I wanted to make readers aware of Navajo attitude toward the dead respect for burial sites.
The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise it is said and principles should never be compromised.
Quotes By Andrew Carnegie
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The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The...
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Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole clear...
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Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that...
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There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and...
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The first man gets the oyster the second man gets the shell.
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No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the...
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Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.
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The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch...
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Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer...
Quotes About Men
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In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It...
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Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their...
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Men don't and can't live by exchanging articles but by producing them. They...
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If one were to bring ten of the wisest men in the world together and ask them...
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I do not consider divorce an evil by any means. It is just as much a refuge...
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Inconsistencies in men are generally testimony to their immaturity.
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Some old men continually praise the time of their youth. In fact you would...