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As with many other folk beliefs, 'feng-shui' undoubtedly incorporates some scientifically correct observation or received wisdom based on direct experience of natural phenomena; but it needs to be dealt with skeptically as a credible system of thought. Some feng-shui prescriptions can certainly lead to desirable results. ”
If you do an experiment and it gives you what you did not expect, it is a discovery. ”
Scientific inquiry starts with observation. The more one can see, the more one can investigate. ”
I have an inate curiosity about people. ”
Each story we approach in the same way, with curiosity and interest and determination to get behind the image. ”
I think we've lost the idea that politicians are part of the humanities. And we think of them as part of a natural science tradition, and we don't expect them to have the contact with literature, with history, with the richness of descriptive language that the humanities have always stood for. And I think that's a great loss. ”
The private sector is the innovation engine of our economy, and more private-sector businesses and organizations than ever are recognizing that training, promoting, and retaining women is essential to their continued competitiveness - and their bottom line. ”
When you meet people, show real appreciation, then genuine curiosity. ”
Ten years ago, I still feared loss enough to abandon myself in order to keep things stable. I'd smile when I was sad, pretend to like people who appalled me. What I now know is that losses aren't cataclysmic if they teach the heart and soul their natural cycle of breaking and healing. ”
If a natural disaster strikes your community, reach out to your friends, neighbors, and complete strangers. Lend a helping hand. ”