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Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#fish #governing #great #great nation #handling

At many points during our nation's history, there have been times - known in our history textbooks as "panics" - when adverse conditions affecting the financial and economic sectors of the country have caused individuals to hoard more than they need. ↗

— Jo Bonner

#adverse conditions #affecting #been #caused #conditions

I always try to look for the best in most places. ↗

— Hugh Bonneville

#best #i #i always #look #most

You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties. It doubts our concern. It questions our commitment. Because there is no way we can look at what's happening in Africa, and if we're honest, conclude that it would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else. ↗

— Bono

#allowed #anywhere #because #commitment #concern

But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one of worship and awe, a vertical relationship. The New Testament, on the other hand, we look across at a Jesus who looks familiar, horizontal. The combination is what makes the Cross. ↗

— Bono

#across #awe #christ #combination #cross

The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa, and say this, and mean it. We do not have to stand for this. A whole continent written off - we do not have to stand for this. ↗

— Bono

#africa #continent #disease #extreme #extreme poverty

What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#displays #important #joke #perception #switch

I think there are a lot more relationship scenes in my movies that people tend to overlook. A lot of scenes really feel real and are about the characters. ↗

— Jan de Bont

#characters #feel #i #i think #lot

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#creativity #different #different way #established #involves

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#fish #govern #great #great nation #nation