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#1

“When I was little, I had this science book. There was a section on 'What would happen to the world if there was no friction?' Answer: 'Everything on earth would fly into space from the centrifugal force of revolution.' That was my mood.”
― Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance

tags: force, friction, mood, science

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#2

“25. Whenever two human beings spend time together, sooner or later they will probably irritate one another. This is true of best friends, married couples, parents and children, or teachers and students. The question is: How do they respond when friction occurs? There are four basic ways they can react:

• They can internalize the anger and send it downward into a memory bank that never forgets. This creates great pressure within and can even result in disease and other problems.
• They can pout and be rude without discussing the issues. This further irritates the other person and leaves him or her to draw his or her own conclusions about what the problem may be.
• They can blow up and try to hurt the other person. This causes the death of friendships, marriages, homes, and businesses.
• Or they can talk to one another about their feelings, being very careful not to attack the dignity and worth of the other person. This approach often leads to permanent and healthy relationships.”
― James C. Dobson, Life on the Edge: The Next Generation's Guide to a Meaningful Future

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#3

“Live a life of friction. Let yourself be disturbed as much as possible, but observe.”
― G.I. Gurdjieff

tags: friction, struggle

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#4

“Many of your relationship problems are not really relationship problems. They're personal problems that spill over into relationships.”
― Rick Warren

tags: discipleship, friction, relationships

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#5

“The fatal misconception behind brainstorming is that there is a particular script we should all follow in group interactions.... [W]hen the composition of the group is right—enough people with different perspectives running into one another in unpredictable ways—the group dynamic will take care of itself. All these errant discussions add up. In fact, they may even be the most essential part of the creative process. Although such conversations will occasionally be unpleasant—not everyone is always in the mood for small talk or criticism—that doesn’t mean that they can be avoided. The most creative spaces are those which hurl us together. It is the human friction that makes the sparks.”
― Jonah Lehrer

tags: brainstorming, conversations, creativity, discussions, friction, group-dynamics, groups, perspectives, unpredictability

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#6

“When you keep hitting walls of resistance in life, the universe is trying to tell you that you are going the wrong way. It's like driving a bumper car at an amusement park. Each time you slam into another car or the edge of the track, you are forced to change direction.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

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#7

“Natural selection is not the wind which propels the vessel, but the rudder which, by friction, now on this side and now on that, shapes the course.”
― Asa Gray

tags: analogy, biology, course, evolution, friction, natural-selection, rudder, science, shape, ship, vessel

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#8

“Millions of business people are each constantly forced to choose between their desire to not be a bad person and their desire to be a good business person, that is to say, to make as much money as they possibly can by maximizing their revenue while minimizing the cost of producing whatever it is that they sell.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Use and Misuse of Children

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#9

“Religion is one of the oils with which we alleviate the friction between those who have a lot and those who have nothing.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: atheism, atheist, friction, god, inequality, politics, poor, poverty, religion, rich

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#10

“I wasn't always this way. But the friction of life has a way of turning sharp edges into smooth ones, smooth edges into sharp ones, until you've become a duller, slightly misshapen version of your former self.”
― Neel Patel, If You See Me, Don't Say Hi

tags: aging, change, friction, life, personality

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#11

“Saying "I'm sorry for the inconvenience" many times doesn't fix the fact that your process is a mess and you are not addressing it even now”
― Daren Martin

tags: ceo, company-culture, corporate-culture, customer-service, employee-engagement, friction, inspirational, keynote-speaker, leadership, motivational

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#12

“If only we can agree that us mortal human beings only have relevance when there are opposing forces and ideas then we would not be so consumed with tribalism. It is our focus on what others do or say that gives them meaning and relevance. Light that points to the clear sky is consumed by darkness.. In the absence of a reflective object light has no relevance.. Friction/resistance is necessary for forward movement.”
― Lennox D.Lampkin

tags: advancement, friction, good-and-bad, progress

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#13

“A certain amount of friction is necessary in our lives to provide enough heat to mold our minds and cast our mettle to shape the legend we become.”
― Will Craig, Living the Hero's Journey

tags: destiny, friction, hero, legend, mind

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#14

“She was a walking deposition to every encounter that fed a dark hunger for confrontation.”
― The Fly Garden, 2017 Facebook

tags: avoid, confrontation, dark, deposition, encounter, friction, mean

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#15

“She was soft rock that suddenly turned hard.”
― The Fly Garden, 2017 Facebook

tags: bitter, change, friction, loss, love, relationship

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#16

“আত্মা অন্য আত্মার সংঘর্ষে তবেই আপনাকে সম্পুর্ণরূপে অনুভব করিতে পারে, তবেই সে মিলনের আধ্যাত্নিকতা পরিপূর্ণ মাত্রায় মন্থিত হইয়া উঠে । একাকার হইয়া থাকা কিছু না থাকার ঠিক পরেই । কোনো একজন ইংরাজ কবি লিখিয়াছেন, ঈশ্বর, আপনারই পিতৃ-অংশ এবং মাতৃ-অংশকে স্ত্রী-পুরুষরূপে পৃথিবীতে ভাগ করিয়া দিয়েছেন; সেই দুই বিচ্ছিন্ন অংশ এক হইবার জন্য পরস্পরের প্রতি এমন অনিবার্য আনন্দে আকৃষ্ট হইতেছে; কিন্তু এই বিচ্ছেদটি না হইলে পরস্পরের মধ্যে এমন প্রগাঢ় পরিচয় হইত না ।

প্রবন্ধঃ সৌন্দর্যের সম্বন্ধ”
― Rabindranath Tagore, বিচিত্র প্রবন্ধ

tags: beauty-of-love, friction, knowing, man-woman, nature, sexuality, soul

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#19

“The velocities and forces involved in anything at orbital altitudes were enough to kill a human with just the rounding error. At their speeds, the friction from air too thin to breathe would set them on fire.”
― James S.A. Corey, Cibola Burn

tags: altitude, friction, orbit, physics, rounding-error, speed, velocity

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