Quote by Norman Cousins
Man is not imprisoned by habit. Great changes in him can be wrough

Man is not imprisoned by habit. Great changes in him can be wrought by crisis – once that crisis can be recognized and understood. – Norman Cousins

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The marvelous pharmacy that was designed by nature and placed into our being by the universal architect produces most of the medicines we need. – Norman Cousins

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Health
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Free will and determinism are like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism. The way you play your hand is free will. – Norman Cousins

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Will, Willpower
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The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters concerning human destiny. – Norman Cousins

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Education
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All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership. – John Kenneth Galbraith

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I speak directly to the people, and I know that the people of California want to have better leadership. They want to have great leadership. They want to have somebody that will represent them. And it doesnt matter if youre a Democrat or a Republican, young or old. – Arnold Schwarzenegger

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A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. – George Eliot

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Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white worlds definitions. – James A. Baldwin

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