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• If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.

  Seth Godin

  Inspirational, Philosophical, Bravery

  Seth Godin (2007). “The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)”, p.66, Penguin

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• I had an agenda. It was a very smooth transition.

  Frank Press

  Agendas, Smooth

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• Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Change, Strength

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• Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

  Isaac Asimov

  Sympathy, Death, Depressing

  Isaac Asimov (1988). “Fantastic voyage II: destination brain”

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• History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Courage, Integrity, Destiny

  "Letter from Birmingham Jail," 16 Apr. 1963

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• Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century... During this period we may be tempted to abandon some of the time-honored principles and commitments which have been proven during the difficult times of past generations. We must never yield to this temptation. Our American values are not luxuries but necessities - not the salt in our bread but the bread itself.

  Jimmy Carter

  Patriotic, Commitment, Past

  Jimmy Carter's Farewell Address, www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov. January 14, 1981.

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• The transition from painter to artist comes when you cross the line of painting what you see to painting what you feel about what you see.

  T. Allen Lawson

  Artist, Lines, Painting

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• The real art of conducting consists in transitions.

  Gustav Mahler

  Life, Change, Music

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• Dogma is invariably wrong, as knowledge is always in a state of transition.

  Louis L'Amour

  Dogma, States

  Louis L'Amour (2005). “The Walking Drum”, p.202, Bantam

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• There's the internal rhythm within a sequence, and then there's the rhythm between the sequences, and that's extremely important in constructing the narrative. For example, you don't put two big dramatic scenes right next to each other. But you can use the rhythm of the transition shots; they can often serve a double purpose.

  Frederick Wiseman

  Two, Important, Example

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I am appalled that the term we use to talk about aging is 'anti'. Aging is human evolution in its pure form. Death, taxes and aging .... We are ALL going to age and soften and mellow and transition.

  Jamie Lee Curtis

  Age, Use, Aging

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• Famine, poverty, abuse, you can't keep that all blocked out. If you let those things teach you, influence you, change you, those are the events that transition you without you even knowing it to become more compassionate.

  Richard Rohr

  Knowing, Abuse, Events

  Source: rccapilgrims.ning.com

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• Switching from one career to another can be scary, but it also can be a thrilling experience. Look at it as an opportunity to really go after what you want to accomplish in life and make a difference in the world. The key is to take small, conscious steps and prepare yourself for a successful transition.

  Jack Canfield

  Inspirational, Successful, Opportunity

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• As you transition from the past and future world of the mind to the awakened world of now, you will begin to experience yourself in an entirely new way. A way that is free of the pain and limitations of the past, and free of anxiety about the future. And you will begin to experience the abundance that is ever present in each moment.

  Leonard Jacobson

  Pain, Past, Experience Yourself

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• A man's life from birth to death was a series of transition rites which brought him nearer and nearer to his ancestors.

  Chinua Achebe

  Life, Men, Birth

  Chinua Achebe (2009). “Things Fall Apart: Authoritative Text, Contexts and Criticism”, W W Norton & Company Incorporated

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• Insight comes at a moment of transition between work and relaxation.

  Rollo May

  Relaxation, Moments, Insight

  Rollo May (1994). “The Courage to Create”, p.62, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Innumerable confusions and a feeling of despair invariably emerge in periods of great technological and cultural transition.

  Marshall McLuhan

  Confusion, Feelings, Despair

  Marshall McLuhan, Quentin Fiore (1967). “The medium is the massage: an inventory of effects”, Gingko Pr Inc

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• It's not a question of whether the transition from old to the new goals, practices and metrics is going to happen. It's already under way.

  Steve Denning

  Practice, Goal, Metrics

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• A transition from an author's book to his conversation, is too often like an entrance into a large city.

  Samuel Johnson

  Book, Cities, Entrances

  Samuel Johnson (1827). “The Rambler”, p.13

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• Our childhood had passed over into history overnight. The transition was unnoticed by anyone but ourselves.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Childhood, Unnoticed, Our Children

  Barbara Kingsolver (2008). “The Poisonwood Bible”, p.183, Faber & Faber

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• The I Ching tells us that for every ending there is a new beginning. In other words, what appears like a transition isn't really a transition; it's a continuum of existence. If you close your eyes for a moment the room will appear to go away. But does it really? Open your eyes again and the room will still be there. That's all death is.

  Frederick Lenz

  New Beginnings, Eye, Taoism

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• There is no death! What seems so is transition; this life of mortal breath is but a suburb of the life elysian, whose portal we call Death.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Inspirational, Life, Death

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.134

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• I suspect that happiness is not a state but rather a transition.

  David Attenborough

  States, Suspects

  "Sir David Attenborough interview: The one question about life that still baffles him". Interview with Jenn Selby, www.independent.co.uk. January 28, 2015.

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• Interesting things happen along borders - transitions - not in the middle where everything is the same.

  Neal Stephenson

  Interesting, Borders, Middle

  Neal Stephenson (1993). “Snow Crash”, Spectra

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