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Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.
Buckminster FullerBuckminster Fuller When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
Buckminster FullerBuckminster Fuller What usually happens in the educational process is that the faculties are dulled, overloaded, stuffed and paralyzed so that by the time most people are mature they have lost their innate capabilities.
Buckminster FullerBuckminster Fuller Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.
Buckminster FullerBuckminster Fuller Just give me a home, in a great circle dome Where stresses and strains are at ease.
Buckminster FullerBuckminster Fuller We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.
Buckminster FullerBuckminster Fuller Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them.
Buckminster FullerBuckminster Fuller Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees.
Buckminster FullerBuckminster Fuller One in ten thousand of us can make a technological breakthrough capable of supporting all the rest.
Buckminster FullerBuckminster Fuller You can never learn less, you can only learn more.
Buckminster FullerBuckminster Fuller My ideas have undergone a process of emergence by emergency. When they are needed badly enough, they are accepted.
Buckminster FullerBuckminster Fuller Now there is one outstandingly important fact regarding Spaceship Earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it.
Buckminster FullerBuckminster Fuller Dictators never invent their own opportunities.
Buckminster FullerBuckminster Fuller Vastly ambitious individuals who had become so effectively powerful because of their ability to remain invisible while operating behind the national scenery.
Buckminster FullerBuckminster Fuller Truth is a tendency.
Buckminster FullerBuckminster Fuller Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.
Buckminster FullerBuckminster Fuller
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And that is how time heals, not by erasing but by blurring all the memories.
VesmirVesmir Let me follow my dream. Let me follow my queen.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander Be kind to yourself, the way you would be to someone you love.
Courtney PeppernellCourtney Peppernell We need to surrender ourselves to the water before we can climb the spiral ladder.
Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn You gave me the courage to rise but my darling robin why did you fly leaving me behind these four walls all alone?
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett Giving up your dreams is easy, but ask yourself is it really easy to live without dreams?
Sania AbbasSania Abbas It’s funny how we say a person ‘made’ us when they actually broke us. Sort of like how I say ‘funny’ – but I actually mean sad.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki You can’t keep living backwards – Reminiscing on what was, And terrified to pursue What could be.
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Beware of the person who can’t be bothered by details.
William FeatherWilliam Feather By the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee Don’t be a spectator, don’t let life pass you by.
Lou HoltzLou Holtz The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
Andre MauroisAndre Maurois By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.
Noam ChomskyNoam Chomsky I go by records and Bob Paisley is the No 1 manager ever!
Alan HansenAlan Hansen But by the way, when he was done speaking, did he just then turn into a bat and fly away?
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