Soa Palelei quotes

“Discipline is the fuel of achievement.”
-- Soa Palelei

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“Thailand's been good. Mike Swick and his camp there have been awesome. I initially went there on the 12th week and was going to finish my camp here for the last eight weeks but instead I just stayed the whole time.”
-- Soa Palelei

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“You've got to remain humble because you never know when somebody will hand you your ass.”
-- Soa Palelei

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“Poems very seldom consist of poetry and nothing else; and pleasure can be derived also from their other ingredients. I am convinced that most readers, when they think they are admiring poetry, are deceived by inability to analyse their sensations, and that they are really admiring, not the poetry of the passage before them, but something else in it, which they like better than poetry.”

“While other creators make a big show of their art Mani Sir makes it look as though anyone can do what he does.”

“Design should do the same thing in everyday life that art does when encountered: amaze us, scare us or delight us, but certainly open us to new worlds within our daily existence.”

“I've always been a bit of a mix between art and technology. I used to paint a lot, but I'm not very good with my hands. It has always been a fusion between my computer gaming interests and being exposed to the rich data of society that we live in.”

“The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence.”

“It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants. It has also been said that the software industry is an example of midgets standing on the toes of other midgets.”

“There can be no self-government without self-discipline. There can be no self-government without self-control. There can be no liberty unless it is grounded in moral discipline and the ability to do what is right.”

Source : Alan Keyes' Speech at the California Republican Party Convention in Sacramento, California, www.keyesarchives.com. February 27, 1999.

“It isn't normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.”

“It is a negative sort of achievement, she thinks, to have spent a life warding something off.”

Source : Adam Haslett (2002). “You are Not a Stranger Here”, Bantam Dell Publishing Group

“I don't know all the reasons for these achievements, but I know that I love what I do and I have never wanted to rest on my laurels.”

Source : Ahmed H. Zewail (2002). “Voyage Through Time: Walks of Life to the Nobel Prize”, p.72, World Scientific