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Book Review: The Fault in Our Stars
Favorite Quotes
That's the thing about pain, it demands to be felt
I enjoy looking at beautiful people, and I decided a while ago not to deny myself the simpler pleasures of existence.
Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.
I’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
We find humor where we can.
I believe the universe wants to be noticed. I think the universe is improbably biased toward consciousness, that it rewards intelligence in part because the universe enjoys its elegance being observed. And who am I, living in the middle of history, to tell the universe that it-or my observation of it-is temporary?
That's why I like you ... You are so busy being yourself you have no idea how utterly unprecedented you are.
Oh, I wouldn't mind. It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you.
Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin.
I thought being an adult meant knowing what you believe, but that has not been my experience.
Grief does not change you. It reveals you.
You've gotta pick your battles in this world.
I take quite a lot of pride in not knowing what’s cool.
You realize that trying to keep your distance from me will not lessen my affection for you.
No matter how hard you kick, no matter how high you get, you can’t go all the way around.
The weird thing about houses is that they almost always look like nothing is happening inside of them, even though they contain most of our lives. I wondered if that was sort of the point of architecture.
People always get used to beauty.
Our fearlessness shall be our secret weapon.
I’m on a roller coaster that only goes up,' he said. 'And it is my privilege and my responsibility to ride all the way up with you.
There is no try. There is only do.
Ignorance is bliss.
The real heroes anyway aren’t the people doing things; the real heroes are the people noticing things, paying attention.
Don't tell me you're one of those people who become their disease.
Pain is like fabric; the thicker it is, the more its worth.
Book Review: Great by Choice
Quotes:
Good is the enemy of great.
The purpose of bureaucracy is to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline.
Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions.
A company should limit its growth based on its ability to attract enough of the right people.
Creativity dies in an disciplined environment.
Great vision without great people is irrelevant.
20 Mile March describes the fanatic discipline that leads you to manage for the long term rather than chasing short-term results or the fade. Three reasons for 20 mile march:
- Builds confidence
- Reduce likelihood of catastrophe
- Exert self-control in an out of control environment
It is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work.
By definition, it is not possible to everyone to be above the average.
What separates people is not the presence or absence of difficulty, but how they deal with the inevitable difficulties of life.
Letting the wrong people hang around is unfair to all the right people, as they inevitably find themselves compensating for the inadequacies of the wrong people. Worse, it can drive away the best people. Strong performers are intrinsically motivated by performance, and when they see their efforts impeded by carrying extra weight, they eventually become frustrated.
When you marry operating excellence with innovation, you multiply the value of your creativity.
Freely chosen, discipline is absolute freedom.
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