Mitja Velikonja Quotes & Sayings

My sympathies are, of course, with the Government side, especially the Anarchists ; for Anarchism seems to me more likely to lead to desirable social change than highly centralized, dictatorial Communism . — Aldous Huxley

When we're on the street and someone drops something, I pick it up. — Mariska Hargitay

That afternoon my mother had brought me the roses.
"Save them for my funeral," I'd said. — Sylvia Plath

Energy should be used to check out stuff and think on them... So far I used it to criticize victims and killers... So far it's awesome job. — Deyth Banger

That's the problem with being an adult: people have already made up their minds about us; we've even made up our minds about ourselves. — Edward M. Hallowell

IT'S TIME TO LEARN YOUR A.B.C.s

Always
BE CONFIDENT
Confidence is a feeling, feel it.

Always
BE CREATIVE
Creativity is an ability, enable it.

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BE CURIOUS
Curiosity is a desire, desire it.

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BE COMPASSIONATE
Compassion is an awareness, be aware.

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BE CHARITABLE
Charity is generous, be generous.

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BE CONSIDERATE
Consideration is thoughtful, think.

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BE COURTEOUS
Courtesy is a mindset, be mindful.

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BE COACHABLE
Coachability is a willingness, be willing.

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BE COMMITTED
Commitment is purpose, live on purpose.

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BE CARING
Caring is giving, give. — Richie Norton

Mann
There are two kinds of people: those who GIVE energy and those who
DRAIN energy. — Freeman A. Hrabowski III

Ship, are you conscious now?" "My speaking establishes a subject position that might be conscious. — Kim Stanley Robinson

Two chemicals called actin and myosin evolved eons ago to allow the muscles in insect wings to contract and relax. Thus, insects learned to fly. When one of those paired molecules are absent, wings will grow but they cannot flap and are therefore useless. Today, the same two proteins are responsible for the beating of the human heart, and when one is absent, the person's heartbeat is inefficient and weak, ultimately leading to heart failure.
Again, science marvels at the way molecules adapt over millions of years, but isn't there a deeper intent? In our hearts, we feel the impulse to fly, to break free of boundaries. Isn't that the same impulse nature expressed when insects began to take flight? The prolactin that generates milk in a mother's breast is unchanged from the prolactin that sends salmon upstream to breed, enabling them to cross from saltwater to fresh. — Deepak Chopra

I definitely have a Fisher voice. — Joely Fisher

Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country. — John McCain

Don't worry. You're just as sane as I am
-Luna Lovegood — J.K. Rowling

Had we not pursued the hydrogen bomb, there is a very real threat that we would now all be speaking Russian. I have no regrets. — Edward Teller