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A radical inner transformation and rise to a new level of consciousness might be the only real hope we have in the current global crisis brought on by the dominance of the Western mechanistic paradigm. Stanislav Grof

Hope Transformation Radical Crisis Paradigm Brought Rise Only New Global Real New Level Western Dominance Current Might Level Consciousness Inner

The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both. Vaclav Havel

Leadership World Power Worlds Everyone Thousands Determined More Small Both Divided Small Part Never Part Sharp Powerful Between Powerless Himself Because Exercise Line Interactions

The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity - the more energetically meaning is sought. Vaclav Havel

Experience Words Other More Absence Absurdity Sought In Other Words Meaning Deeper

You cannot increase the efficiency of photosynthesis. We improve the performance of farms by irrigating them and fertilizing them to provide all these nutrients. But we cannot keep on doubling the yield every two years. Moore's law doesn't apply to plants. Vaclav Smil

I'm old fashioned. I'm not one of these young guys who think they are so smart that they can prescribe what humanity ought to do. Humanity never learns any lessons. Prescriptions don't matter. We already know exactly what to do. We just don't do it. Vaclav Smil

Spring and summer 1942 was probably the worst period of internal terror in Slovakia. It was also the time of mass deportation of Slovak Jews to the extermination camps in Poland. Alexander Dubcek

Time Spring Jews Summer Worst Slovakia Poland Mass Period Also Terror Camps Deportation Internal Extermination

I can only say, think of me what you will, I have worked for thirty years in the Party, and my whole family has devoted everything to the affairs of the Party, the affairs of socialism. Alexander Dubcek

Family Me You Socialism Will Party Think Thirty Everything Say Only Devoted Affairs Years Worked Whole

In the economic sphere, the program demanded thorough decentralization and managerial independence of enterprises, as well as legalization of small-scale private enterprise, especially in the service sector. Alexander Dubcek

Service Independence Thorough Sphere Sector Enterprise Enterprises Economic Demanded Well Private Private Enterprise Managerial Program

Many legitimate forms of ownership, mainly cooperative and communal, had not been used to any effective extent mainly because of the imposition of Stalinist restrictions. Alexander Dubcek

Ownership Restrictions Had Mainly Because Been Imposition Effective Any Legitimate Forms Communal Used Many Cooperative Extent

For us she is not the iron lady. She is the kind, dear Mrs. Thatcher. Alexander Dubcek

Kind She Dear Iron Thatcher Lady Us

Mozart is sweet sunshine. Antonin Dvorak

Sunshine Sweet Mozart

If I'm on location on some island, we usually get up at four in the morning to set up. By seven thirty, we're on the beach working until noon, then we rest. It's not exactly a vacation. Daniela Pestova

Morning Rest Thirty Seven Location Exactly Some Beach Until Island Noon Up Get Then Working Four Vacation Set

It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys. Emil Zatopek

Suffering Men Pain Borders Boy Separated

My running was very simple; it was out of myself. Emil Zatopek

Myself Simple Out Running Very

The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. He's the center of a team - doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on. Emil Zatopek

Today Alone Doctors Athlete He Scientists Center Agents Coaches Team

I didn't know much. It wasn't possible to buy a book about Nurmi, but I found out that in order to be faster over 10,000m, he ran 5,000m many times in training. And to be better at 5,000m, he ran 1,500m many times. And to be better at 1,500m, he ran four times 400m in training. Emil Zatopek

Buy Book Training Better Faster Ran Out Possible About He Over Know Times Order Much Many Found Four

You must be fast enough - you must have endurance. So you run fast for speed and repeat it many times for endurance. Emil Zatopek

You Speed Enough Run Must Repeat Times Endurance Many Fast

If I run 100 meters 30 times, that is 3 kilometers and no longer a sprint. Emil Zatopek

Run Longer Sprint Times

In my country, I am just a common man... a nobody. Emil Zatopek

Man Country Nobody Am Just Common Common Man

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