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“A revolution doesn’t happen when society adopts new tools. It happens when society adopts new behaviors”

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Clay Shirky is a writer known for his insightful analysis of how technology shapes social structures and human behavior. His work delves into topics such as collaborative networks, information overload, and social media. more

“And whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to you. I have learned from you. And you’ve made me a better president. And with your stories and your struggles, I return to the White House more determined and more inspired than ever about the work there is to do and the future that lies ahead.”

Made Stories Lying House President White Struggle Return Vote Inspired Determined White House I Have Learned

Author:Barack Obama

“You need not see what someone is doing to know if it is his vocation, you have only to watch his eyes: a cook mixing a sauce, a surgeon making a primary incision, a clerk completing a bill of lading wear the same rapt expression, forgetting themselves in a function. How beautiful it is, that eye-on-the-obje ct look.”

Ifs Knows Needs Looks Eye Beautiful Forget Watches Expression Function Bills Primaries Cooks His Eyes Vocation Surgeons Sauce Mixing Clerks Completing

Author:W. H. Auden

“I'm inspired by my own children, how full they make my heart. They make me want to work to make the world a little bit better. And they make me want to be a better man.”

Men World Want Heart Children Littles Bits My Own My Heart Little Bit Inspired Better Man

Author:Barack Obama

“Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.”

Dream Reading Doors Keys Good Things Things In Life Dreams Come True Good Things In Life

Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“Success is seldom achieved by people who contemplate the possibility of failure”

People Possibility Contemplating

Author:William Feather

“Excellence isn’t about meeting the spec, it’s about setting the spec. It defines what the consumer sees as quality right this minute, and tomorrow, if you’re good, you’ll reset that expectation again”

Ifs Quality Minutes Tomorrow Expectations Meetings Excellence Setting Settings Consumers Reset Specs

Author:Seth Godin

“Know that you’re coming from plentitude and abundance. You lack nothing. You have star power.”

Knows Stars Abundance

Author:Michael Beckwith

“We are never either so wretched or so happy as we say we are.”

Wretched

Author:Honore de Balzac

“Refuse any image that could have a rational meaning or any memory or culture”

Culture Memories Refuse Rational

Author:Luis Bunuel

“So travel for me is an act of discovery and of responsibility as well a grand adventure and a constant liberation.”

Wells Responsibility Adventure Discovery Constant Liberation

Author:Pico Iyer

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