Caroline Alexander quotes
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“Each pattern describes a problem which occurs over and over again in our environment, and then describes the core of the solution to that problem, in such a way that you can use this solution a million times over, without ever doing it in the same way twice.”
-- Caroline Alexander -
“The passion for exploration and discovery, the hunger to learn all things about all aspects of the physical world, the great and preposterous optimism that held that such truths were in fact discoverable, its dazzling sophistication and its occasional startling innocence; an age in which geographical and scientific discoveries surpassed anything previously dreamt of, and yet an age in which it was still, just barely, possible to believe in mermaids and unicorns - these remarkable traits so characterized the British 18th century”
-- Caroline Alexander
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“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.”
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“True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.”
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“You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety.”
Source : "Creating We : Change I-Thinking to We-Thinking and Build a Healthy, Thriving Organization". Book by Judith Glaser (p. 144), 2007.
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“Drill your soldiers well, and give them a pattern yourself.”
Source : "Suvorof". Book by W. Lyon Blease, 1926.
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