Thinking in words slows you down and actually decreases comprehension in much the same way as walking a tightrope too slowly makes one lose one’s balance.
BILL VAUGHANIt might be a good idea if the various countries of the world would occasionally swap history books, just to see what other people are doing with the same set of facts.
More Bill Vaughan Quotes
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Discipline means protection from one’s own wanton interest.
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No one can bring to God what you can.
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What’s wonderful is to read the different translations – some done in 1600 and some in 1900 – of the same passage. It’s fascinating to watch the same tale repeated in such a different way by two different centuries.
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If the distance between ourselves and others becomes too great, we experience isolation and alienation, yet if the proximity to others becomes too close, we feel smothered and trapped.
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Democracy in Yemen did not stop, instead it is in a continuous development, there is no other way to follow rather than democracy, it is our national way for building up our country, it was not imposed on us by others.
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Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career.
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They give strength to human compacts, nor are grave opinions brought forward without books. Arts and sciences, the benefits of which no mind can calculate. depend upon books.
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Where are the rough brave Britons to be found With Hearts of Oak, so much of old renowned?
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Walk with a sense of being a part of a vast universe. Consider the thousands of miles of earth beneath your feet; think of the limitless expanse of space above your head.
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Keep strong if possible; in any case, keep cool.
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The ideal Christmas gift is money, but the trouble is you can’t charge it.
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Someday there is going to be a book about a middle-aged man with a good job, a beautiful wife and two lovely children who still manages to be happy.
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Books are delightful when prosperity happily smiles; when adversity threatens, they are inseparable comforters.
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On the one hand, it’s common sense it’s hard to see someone you love get sick or die. People are interconnected and their health is, too.
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Discipline is like cabbage. We may not care for it ourselves, but feel sure it would be good for somebody else.
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