"[T]he values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values that were previously the source of their greatest triumphs."

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Jared Diamond

#People Quotes #Triumph Quotes #Inappropriate Quotes

“A man with a camera was always suspected of being a spy. Moreover, the Jews did not want to be photographed, due to a misunderstanding of the prohibition against making graven images (photography had not been invented when the Torah was written!). I was forced to use a hidden camera.”
“People seem generally happy to see their favorite world come to life, even if it it slightly changed to fit storytelling for television.”

Source : Source: www.nerdprobs.com
“It's objective evaluations that give our hardwiring principles teeth and drive the organization toward results that last.”

Source : Quint Studer (2010). “Results That Last: Hardwiring Behaviors That Will Take Your Company to the Top”, p.106, John Wiley & Sons
“I think it's the wrong way around to say when you get older move to the country. I think when you get older you move to New York. If you're a nice broad they'll look after you.”
“As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music.”
“Jesus claimed He had the power to raise himself from the dead and His followers would be raised from the dead. That's a unique claim in the literature of religion.”
“So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can. It's just that it will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted.”
“Imagine all the people, living life in peace. Well, that's hard to do when you're on this blood stained street.”

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