Quote by Robert Shea
It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability

It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability to an extraordinary degree, nature makes up for it by leaving him or her incompetent in every other department. – Robert Shea

Other quotes by Robert Shea

The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which appears to be their greatest strength. – Robert Shea

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strength
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Just as predatory animals follow a similar general design and behave in similar ways, so organizations, especially those in competition with one another, must follow certain design principles if they are to succeed and prevail. – Robert Shea

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design
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To reject even one major tenet of the religion or to violate one major rule of behavior is enough to get one kicked out – or worse. – Robert Shea

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Religion
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Other Quotes from
Nature
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Bats drink on the wing, like swallows, by sipping the surface, as they play over pools and streams. – Gilbert White

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Nature

The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature for his rule. – Samuel Adams

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Nature

To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature. – Bodhidharma

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Nature

Its human nature to start taking things for granted again when danger isnt banging loudly on the door. – David Hackworth

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Nature

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I find in working always the disturbing intrusion of elements not a part of my most interested vision, and the inevitable obliteration and replacement of this vision by the work itself as it proceeds. – Edward Hopper

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work

What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive. – Arnold Palmer

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Golf

Few really believe. The most only believe that they believe or even make believe. – John Lancaster Spalding

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Belief

Your grandchildren will likely find it incredible – or even sinful – that you burned up a gallon of gasoline to fetch a pack of cigarettes! – Paul MacCready,Jr.

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Environment