Walt's World of Wisdom
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Wisdom 131
There is no such thing as a conflict that can't be ended.
Conflicts are created, conducted, and sustained by human beings.
They can be ended by human beings.
George Mitchell
Source: Speaking at his appointment as US Middle East Envoy on 22 January 2009
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Wisdom 132
May your own dreams be your only boundaries.
Ossie Davis
Source: Purlie
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Wisdom 133
Since we know our own experience with dangerous opportunities,
we do not expect him to be perfect. But we do wish for him, for you, and for us
the courage to risk toward the good at each dangerous opportunity.
Walt Hopkins
Source: Annual Letter for 1976
Comment: This was originally about President Carter, but could be applied to any of us who are facing a crisis, a word the Chinese create from danger and opportunity.
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Wisdom 134
I always have a quotation for everything—it saves original thinking.
Dorothy L. Sayers
Comment: Said whimsically by Lord Peter Wimsey in the novel Have HIs Carcase
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