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The world is not going into concentric blocs of power. It is actually going into a diffusion of power with more centres of decision-making than ever in human civilisation. That requires you to place yourself in far more hubs of power than ever before. ↗

— William Hague

#before #blocs #centres #civilisation #decision-making

The biggest markets for my books outside the UK are France and Italy, and those are the two countries where I also have the closest personal relationships with my translators - I don't know whether that's a coincidence, or if there's something to be learned from it. ↗

— Jonathan Coe

#biggest #books #closest #coincidence #countries

Our success in Singapore was a Herculean effort by the whole team. Now I am determined to deliver on all we promised. I will be watching like a hawk. ↗

— Sebastian Coe

#deliver #determined #effort #hawk #i

The London Games will be designed for the athletes and we will provide them with the very best venues and the very best conditions to pursue their sporting dreams in London. ↗

— Sebastian Coe

#best #conditions #designed #dreams #games

When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#desires #dream #help #his #person

You can talk about movies all you want, but I have this porcelain fetish. I've had it since I was a kid, because there were so many kids in my family, the only place I had any solace was in the bathroom. ↗

— Linda Fiorentino

#any #bathroom #because #family #fetish

But on the other side I am very glad that I can at least enjoy some freedom. ↗

— Mordechai Vanunu

#enjoy #freedom #glad #i #i am

You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#become #blind #brings #day #different

The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#avoid #each #formulae #letting #make

If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#even #getting #lose #promising #start