"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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"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.“
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"Organized religion provides a model of the way all organizations, from the state down to the village garden club, end a price in terms of a member's freedom of thought and action."
-Robert Shea
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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."
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"One simple way to keep organizations from becoming cancerous might be to rotate all jobs on a regular, frequent and mandatory basis, including the leadership positions."
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"Ultimately we may still ask, why can't humans design a perfect society?"
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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."
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"I have a bit of a rebellious nature."
-John Cusack
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"It's human nature to be curious about people, and to be more curious about young people than old people. We want to cheer something on at the same time we want to tear it down. That's just so normal."
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"I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop."
-Willie Stargell
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"There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder."
-Alfred Austin
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"Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!"
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"There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature."
-Charles Eastman
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