#ect

Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth. ↗

— Abraham Maslow

#itself #objectivity #passion #real #truth

There are over 2,000 direct clones of the Groupon business model. However, there's an equal amount of proof that the barriers to success are enormous. In spite of all those competitors, only a handful are remotely relevant. ↗

— Andrew Mason

#barriers #business #business model #clones #competitors

Here's a news flash: No soldier gives his life. That's not the way it works. Most soldiers who make a conscious decision to place themselves in harm's way do it to protect their buddies. They do it because of the bonds of friendship - and it goes so much deeper than friendship. ↗

— Eric Massa

#bonds #buddies #conscious #conscious decision #decision

With whom do you argue? With a woman, of course. Not with a friend, because he accepted all your defects the moment he found you. Besides, woman is mother-have we forgotten? ↗

— Marcello Mastroianni

#argue #because #besides #course #defects

Since the composer has said everything, if you discover everything, it will be enough and you will be a happy man. Don't try to say it's your taste, and because of that you are changing this or that. And I must say this respect is still there. ↗

— Kurt Masur

#changing #composer #discover #enough #everything

I am not a total, complete nitwit when it comes to selling books. I promise you there will be unexpected things. Some of them I don't know yet. She's writing it all herself. ↗

— Mary Matalin

#books #comes #complete #herself #i

I've wanted to win at everything, every day, since I was a kid. And time doesn't change a person, it just helps you get a handle on who you are. Even at age 41, I still hate losing--I'm just more gracious about it. I'm also aware that setbacks have an upside; they fuel new dreams. ↗

— Dara Torres

#ambition #dreams #experience #goals #identity

There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#fashion #humor #respect #humor

I really think that's what music and art is about. It's another way to connect to the divine. It's a real pure way of touching that deeper reality beneath our life. ↗

— Kathy Mattea

#another #another way #art #beneath #connect

In films, the fact that you can always do a scene again takes a load off your mind, enabling you to strive for perfection, which I always wanted. ↗

— Jessie Matthews

#always #enabling #fact #films #i