Territory Quotes

• Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.

  Alan Alda

  Motivational, Smile, Laughter

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• Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life.

  James A. Garfield

  Patriotic, People, Soul

  Garfield, James A. (1882). “The works of James Abram Garfield. Volume 2”, p.50, Best Books on

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• The map is not the territory.

  Alfred Korzybski

  Philosophy, Philosophical, Journey

  Science and Sanity (1933).

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• Whoever controls the territory possesses it.

  Paul Virilio

  Source: ctheory.net

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• Those people who occupy a territory determine the nature of the society in that region.

  Arthur Kemp

  People, Determine, Regions

  Arthur Kemp (2009). “The Lie of Apartheid and other true stories from Southern Africa”, p.2, Lulu.com

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• I believe that the black-and-white photograph, or rather the gray zones in the black-and-white photograph, stand for this territory that is located between life and death.

  W. G. Sebald

  Believe, Black And White, Life And Death

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• Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Life, Time, Stories

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• The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.

  Paul Fix

  Funny, Thinking, People

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Enemy-occupied territory - that is what this world is.

  C. S. Lewis

  Enemy, World, This World

  C. S. Lewis (2010). “A Year with C. S. Lewis: 365 Daily Readings from his Classic Works”, HarperCollins UK

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• None of us see the world as it is but as we are, as our frames of reference, or maps, define the territory.

  Stephen Covey

  World, Maps, Frame Of Reference

  Stephen R. Covey (1992). “Principle Centered Leadership”, p.109, Simon and Schuster

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• Chance favors the prepared mind.

  Louis Pasteur

  Inspirational, Softball, Sports

  Lecture, University of Lille, December 7б 1854.

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  All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.

  Sally Ride

  Travel, Adventure, History

  Sally Ride, Susan Okie (1986). “To Space & Back”

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• The map is not the territory... The only usefulness of a map depends on similarity of structure between the empirical world and the map.

  Alfred Korzybski

  World, Maps, Structure

  "Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics". Book by Alfred Korzybski, 1933.

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• What makes a nation in the beginning is a good piece of geography.

  Robert Frost

  Travel, Home, Pieces

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• When walking in open territory, bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask him to stop. If he does not stop, destroy him.

  Anton Szandor LaVey

  Doe, Bother, Walking

  "The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth" by Anton Szandor LaVey, www.buzzfeed.com. 1967.

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• Speaking about symmetry, look out our window, and you may see a cardinal attacking its reflection in the window. The cardinal is the only bird we have who often does this. If it has a nest nearby, the cardinal thinks there is another cardinal trying to invade its territory. It never realizes it is attacking its own reflection. Cardinals don't know much about mirror symmetry!

  Martin Gardner

  Reflection, Thinking, Mirrors

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• Compassion also brings us into the territory of mystery - encouraging us not just to see beauty, but perhaps also to look for the face of God in the moment of suffering, in the face of a stranger, in the face of the vibrant religious other.

  Krista Tippett

  God, Religious, Compassion

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• Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Sea, Rights, Firsts

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1960). “The Journals”

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• The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free.

  Mika

  Boxing, Stage, Rings

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• What is the real origin of my own anger? Is it the ego defending its territory, or is it something that has its source in the desire for the well-being of all?

  Jean Leloup

  Real, Ego, Desire

  Jean-Yves Leloup (2009). “Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity”, p.75, Simon and Schuster

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• ...if you fall into a lion's pit, the reason the lion will tear you to pieces is not because it's hungry-be assured, zoo animals are amply fed-or because it's bloodthirsty, but because you've invaded it's territory.

  Yann Martel

  Zoos, Fall, Animal

  Yann Martel (2012). “Life Of Pi, Illustrated”, p.73, Canongate Books

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• Two important characteristics of maps should be noticed. A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness.

  Alfred Korzybski

  Two, Important, Maps

  Alfred Korzybski (1958). “Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics”, p.58, Institute of GS

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• Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe - you can't take a taxi.

  Alan Alda

  Inspirational, Genius, Originality

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• He entered the territory of lies without a passport for return.

  Graham Greene

  Liars, Lying, Return

  Graham Greene (1960). “The Heart of The Matter”

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• Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself.

  Alan Alda

  Laughter, Laughing, Doubt

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