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From the J. R. R. Tolkien poem, All that is gold does not glitter.

atavus:

Miguel Vale

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Clayton Christensen:

Questions are places where answers fit. If you haven’t asked the question, the answer has nowhere to go. It hits your mind and bounces right off. You have to ask the question – you have to want to know – in order to open up the space for the answer to fit.

via Jason Freedman.

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Clayton Christensen:

Questions are places where answers fit. If you haven’t asked the question, the answer has nowhere to go. It hits your mind and bounces right off. You have to ask the question – you have to want to know – in order to open up the space for the answer to fit.

via Jason Freedman.

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We get what we click on. Alas, we also get what others click on. And society does a poor job of marketing productive media to itself.

Seth Godin
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We get what we click on. Alas, we also get what others click on. And society does a poor job of marketing productive media to itself.

Seth Godin
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Men do not differ much about what things they will call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable.

G.K. Chesterton in the Illustrated London News October 23, 1929 (via gkchestertonquote)
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This poster is from a collection of literary prints that feature quotes from famous authors.

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This clip is from s3e5 of Phineas and Ferb, the Phineas’ Birthday Clip-O-Rama! Starting at the 30-second mark is why I love this show. (by chibinekogirl101)

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A man needs, not six feet of land, not a farm, but the whole earth, all Nature, where in full liberty he can display all the properties and qualities of the free spirit.

Anton Chekhov, Gooseberries, 1898
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How to be an explorer of the world

via JasonTheodor.com

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