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Sunday, 31 May
Two thoughts from Orson Welles
“I don’t say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.”
“Many people are well-mannered enough not to speak with their mouths full, but they have no qualms about doing so with their heads empty.”
Monday, 1 June
Two thoughts from Roald Dahl
“Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.”
“Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog.”
Tuesday, 2 June
Two thoughts from Robert Heinlein
“Progress isn’t made by early risers. It’s made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.”
“Always listen to experts. They’ll tell you what can’t be done, and why. Then do it.”
Wednesday, 3 June
Two thoughts from Frans de Waal
“The enemy of science is not religion... . The true enemy is the substitution of thought, reflection, and curiosity with dogma.”
“The most exciting phrase to hear in science...is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny.”
Thursday, 4 June
Two thoughts from Heinrich Heine
“Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.”
“A brainiac notices everything, an ignoramus comments about everything.”
Friday, 5 June
Two thoughts from Kurt Tucholsky
“The advantage of wisdom is that you can play dumb. The opposite is more difficult.”
“A country is not only what it does but what it tolerates.”
Saturday, 6 June
Two thoughts from John Muir
“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.”
“The power of imagination makes us infinite.”
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