You Learn by LivingHarper, 1960 - 211 pages "Never, perhaps, have any of us needed as much as we do today to use all the curiosity we have, needed to seek new knowledge, needed to realize that no knowledge is terminal. For almost eveything in the world is new; startlingly new"....Elli Roosevelt's Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
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Page 153
... mistake or for weakness in his own character with- out some degree of pain . It is easier to place this burden on someone else or on circumstances . " It wasn't my fault . " That is an almost instinctive reaction to failure of any kind ...
... mistake or for weakness in his own character with- out some degree of pain . It is easier to place this burden on someone else or on circumstances . " It wasn't my fault . " That is an almost instinctive reaction to failure of any kind ...
Page 154
... mistake again . " But the person who clings to his alibi , " It wasn't my fault , " not only is lying to himself but he is evading his responsibility . He will make the same mistake over and over and continue to feel terribly sorry for ...
... mistake again . " But the person who clings to his alibi , " It wasn't my fault , " not only is lying to himself but he is evading his responsibility . He will make the same mistake over and over and continue to feel terribly sorry for ...
Page 197
... mistakes by wrong timing , moving ahead before the people were ready for the next step , but he made few such mistakes . An important ingredient for the politician is the ability to attract and draw people to him . All political action ...
... mistakes by wrong timing , moving ahead before the people were ready for the next step , but he made few such mistakes . An important ingredient for the politician is the ability to attract and draw people to him . All political action ...
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