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“Although our grammar schools are teaching a whole generation computer language to adjust to the technological needs of a Stage II [post survival-focused] society, we have neglected to teach this generation relationship language and conflict resolution skills to address the social and psychological needs of a Stage II society. And when it is taught, in countries like Germany, although called social competence it focuses on workplace teamwork - still on survival, breadwinner oriented work goals.”

“Great powers must be forever vigilant and never subordinate survival to any other goal, including prosperity.”

Goal Forever Survival Including Prosperity Subordinates Great Power Vigilant

Book:The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)

Source: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)

“My life's goal is to find a happy medium for sampling to be not only legal but for the right parties to benefit from it. There have to be sampling laws. The survival of hiphop is based on that.”

Law Goal Party Benefits Survival Mediums Sampling

Author:Questlove

“At the most simplistic level physicists tell us that what we see as reality is not actually accurate. A rock looks solid to us but it's full of empty space and atoms moving and we see it as solid because we need to because it helps us survive, right? Survival being our goal. You can extrapolate that to many other things.”

Helping Reality Moving Goal Survival Empty Physicist

Author:Nicole Krauss

“Why are murder mysteries so popular? There's a 3-part "formula" (if you want to call it that) for a genre novel: (1) Someone the reader likes and relates to (2) overcomes increasingly difficult obstacles (3) to reach an important goal. The more important the goal, the stronger the novel. And the most important goal that any of us have is survival. That's why murder mysteries are more gripping than a story titled "Who Stole My TV Set.”

Ifs Want Important Stories Difficult Goal Novel Mystery Tvs Reader Survival Overcoming Murder Stronger Obstacles Likes Relate Genre Formulas Gripping Murder Mysteries

Author:Lois Duncan

“Change is not a threat, it's an opportunity. Survival is not the goal, transformative success is.”

Inspirational Opportunity Goal Business Survival Entrepreneur Threat Businessman Motivational Business

Book:Survival Is Not Enough: Shift Happens

Source: Survival Is Not Enough: Shift Happens

“I cannot have survival as my only goal. That would be too boring. My goal is to come back in my best running form. It is good for me to have that goal; it will help me.”

Helping Would Be Running Form Goal Survival Boring Help Me Marathon Inspirational Running Cross Country Running

Author:Ludmila Engquist

“At this point in our global ecological crisis, the survival of humanity will require a fundamental shift in our attitude toward nature: from finding out how we can dominate and manipulate nature to how we can learn from her. In this brilliant and hopeful book, Jay Harman shows us how far the new field of Biomimicry has already progressed toward this goal. The Shark's Paintbrush makes for fascinating and joyful reading - much needed in these dark times.”

“Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive.”

Able Goal Survival Overcoming Resilience Unexpected Thrive Sustainability

Author:Jamais Cascio

“The end and goal of any society as it addresses the problem of education is to raise the ability, the initiative and the cultural level, and with all these the survival level of that society.”

Ends Problem Goal Ability Levels Survival Raises Addresses Initiative

Author:L. Ron Hubbard

“Every decision a person makes stems from the person's values and goals. People can have many different goals and values; fame, profit, love, survival, fun, and freedom, are just some of the goals that a good person might have. When the goal is to help others as well as oneself, we call that idealism. My work on free software is motivated by an idealistic goal: spreading freedom and cooperation. I want to encourage free software to spread, replacing proprietary software that forbids cooperation, and thus make our society better.”

Source: Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman