What do we tell our children? Haste makes waste. Look before you leap. Stop and think. Don't judge … - Malcolm Gladwell

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Much contemporary verse reads like failed short-short stories rather than failed poetry.

Malcolm Gladwell

What do we tell our children? Haste makes waste. Look before you leap. Stop and think. Don't judge a book by its cover. We believe that we are always better off gathering as much information as possible and spending as much time as possible in deliberation.

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The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.

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