Quote by George Santayana
The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a th

The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a thousand meanings. – George Santayana

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Each religion, by the help of more or less myth which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny. – George Santayana

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It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to. – George Santayana

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A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness happiness resides in imaginative reflection and judgment, when the picture of ones life, or of human life, as it truly has been or is, satisfies the will, and is gladly accepted. – George Santayana

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Donny and Marie was a great experience. I tried so hard to be a great talk show host but its all about relaxing and enjoying it. Marie and I finally figured that out. I would have liked it to continue but Im kind of glad its over because of the phenomenal workload. – Donny Osmond

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Im always hoping for the nights that are inspired where you almost have an out of body experience. – Dave Brubeck

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You shouldnt be afraid of failure – when something fails, you think, What did I learn from that experience? I can do better next time. Then kill that project and move on to the next. Dont get disappointed. – Niklas Zennstrom

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No matter what his position or experience in life, there is in everyone more latent than developed ability far more unused than used power. – James Cash Penney

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Patience, money and time bring all things to past. – Proverb

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Learning to see waste and systematically eliminate it has allowed lean companies such as Toyota to dominate entire industries. Lean thinking defines value as providing benefit to the customer anything else is waste. – Eric Ries

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There are natures that go to the streams of life in great cities as the hart goes to the water brooks. – Philip G. Hamerton

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Tis pleasant, sure, to see ones name in print. A books a book, although theres nothing in t. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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