External Quotes

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Preparation is not only about managing external risks, but about limiting the likelihood that you'll unwittingly add to them. When you're the author of your… — Chris Hadfield
External reality is sort of an affectation of the nervous system. — Jaron Lanier
We cannot let external criticism, even if it's true, fortify our internal foe. That foe is strong enough already. — Steven Pressfield
We need a different conception of happiness, more enduring and more genuine, not dependent on external circumstances. — Richard Davidson
Doubts are suppressed by groups... But remember that the internal incentives that shape how the group perceives risks and rewards may be very different from… — Daniel Kahneman
The economy has settled into a sustainable, self-reinforcing growth path, .. All major categories of the economy have contributed to economic growth. Now that businesses… — Sung Won Sohn
Nature or, that which I see, inspires me, puts me, as with any painter, in an emotional state so that an urge comes about to… — Piet Mondrian
What led me to my science and what fascinated me from a young age was the, by no means self-evident, fact that our laws of… — Max Planck
All biologic phenomena act to adjust: there are no biologic actions other than adjustments. Adjustment is another name for Equilibrium. Equilibrium is the Universal, or… — Charles Fort
I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the… — Harriet Beecher Stowe
Some people try deliberately to exploit the colonial hangover for their own purpose, to serve an external force. To us, Communism is as bad as… — Jomo Kenyatta
One need not be a Chamber â€” to be Hauntedâ€” One need not be a Houseâ€” The Brain â€” has Corridors â€” surpassing Material Placeâ€”… — Emily Dickinson
If we want justice for minorities and cooled wars with our natural enemies, whether human or nonhuman, we must first come to terms with the… — Alan Watts
Our state of mind plays a major role in our day-to-day experiences as well as our physical and mental well-being. If a person has a… — Dalai Lama
Happiness does not come from external objects. It comes from peace of mind. You can be famous; you can be a king, a queen, anything.… — Frederick Lenz
Champions know that there's something inside that makes a champion, and other people think that it might something external. — Urijah Faber
...the physicist cannot simply surrender to the philosopher the critical contemplation of the theoretical foundations; for, he himself knows best, and feels more surely where… — Albert Einstein
I reckon it's more of an external perspective that on some level you really can control and dictate how your career's going to go. — Guy Pearce
You're more likely to slip up when you're trying to accomplish your goals by yourself. It may be that you don't have an outer support… — Lauren Mackler
Paranoia imposes its own vision on the external world; it differs from other kinds of visionary experience in that the paranoid wants others to share… — Louis Simpson

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