Richard Bode quotes
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“I can remain on shore, paralyzed with fear, or I can raise my sails and dip and soar in the breeze.”
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“The individual who fears the criticism of others is no different from the one who seeks their praise. Both are shadow figures, fading into the landscape, lacking the will to act for themselves.”
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“I learned that the interior of life was as rewarding as the exterior of life, and that my richest moments occurred when I was absolutely still.”
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“For the truth is that I already know as much about my fate as I need to know. The day will come when I will die. So the only matter of consequence before me is what I will do with my allotted time. I can remain on shore, paralyzed with fear, or I can raise my sails and dip and soar in the breeze.”
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“In due course we arrive, if wit can be said that we ever fully arrive. The truth is there are destinations beyond destinations and do the confirmed sailor goes on tacking forever.”
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“I once met a man who said he had visited every exotic place from the Grand Canyon to the Great Wall, but when I questioned him closely I discovered he hadn't seen the songbirds in his own backyard.”
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“I have a task that is greater than all the labors assigned to Hercules. It demands that I live in the richness of this moment because that is all I have or will ever know.”
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“If I wanted to be free, truly free, I had to choose. There were many points on the compass rose; I had to locate the few that were meant for me. Not any destination picked at random; I had to head for those that summoned me with a passion, for they were the ones that gave meaning to my life. I had to ignore the warnings of those who would tell me why I couldn't do what I wanted to do.”
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“If every man and woman were to take the meaning of their life and pursue it passionately, they would alter the social landscape overnight. In fact, that's how lasting revolutions are made- not by the raised arm of the masses, not by the military seizure of power, not by the political coup d'etat, but by individuals asserting who they are one at a time.”
-- Richard Bode
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Source : "Frank Lampard calls for next Chelsea manager to be given 'a good crack'" by Owen Gibson, www.theguardian.com. April 19, 2013.
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“You ever dip your biscuit in your tea and it breaks? I swear now, you never get used to that.”
Source : "Mum Wants A Bungalow". Stand-up comedy tour by Peter Kay, 2003.
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“You see the dilemma?†Ham asked. “I see an idiot,†Breeze mumbled.”
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“The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.”
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Source : "Small is Beautiful: A Study of Economics As If People Mattered". Book by E. F. Schumacher, 1973.
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