Dejima Port Quotes & Sayings

Think of the transformation as a process of buildup followed by breakthrough, broken into three broad stages: disciplined people, disciplined thought, and disciplined action. Within each of these three stages, there are two key concepts, shown in the framework and described below. Wrapping around this entire framework is a concept we came to call the flywheel, which captures the gestalt of the entire process of going from good to great. — James C. Collins

It's difficult to cope with the infinite variety of the past, and so we apply filters and settle on a few famous names. — Chuck Klosterman

It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be phased out, for there will never be anyone to go home to. — Anita Brookner

In the West, opinions, perceptions, loyalties, and, ultimately, votes are what matter when the goal is to change public policy-or for that matter, cultural patterns. Serious inquiry and questions of truth are often a mere diversion. — Barbara Forrest

America is one big maill with a country attached to it. — Ben Fountain

Dance with your demons, love carelessly. Selflessly. And most importantly, love yourself, even at your worst. — L.J. Shen

Maupassant is a man of mitigating circumstances, the lawyer who can bring the jurors around by demonstrating that they too could have committed such a crime. We are all murderers. — Philippe Lejeune

Young men! it 's a critical thing to go Exactly right with a lady in tow; But when you are in the proper track, Just go ahead, and never look back! — John Godfrey Saxe

And if the mind thinks with a believing attitude one can do amazing things. — Norman Vincent Peale

Do all you can ... to help whoever you can ... whenever you can! — Timothy Pina

My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature. — Edward Hopper

Some dog I got too. We call him Egypt. Because in every room he leaves a pyramid. — Rodney Dangerfield

Age only slows down those who never had the courage to walk at their own pace. — Paulo Coelho

We need to keep examining evilness. For instance, I'm totally against the fact that Osama bin Laden was shot. I think that he should have been put on trial and exposed as that human being he was. I think he should've been standing mentally naked in front of the rest of us and stand to justice for what he did. — Niels Arden Oplev