Die Zukunft soll man nicht voraussehen wollen, sondern möglich machen
English translation: As for the future, your task is not to forsee it, but to enable it
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peer agreement (net): +1| Sprichwörter below Explanation: As for the future, your task is not to forsee it, but to enable it (from "The Wisdom of the Sands") Hi Jens, The rule here is "one term per question", so I suggest you post your second quote separately. |
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| Sprichwörter proverb/quotation Explanation: This is a quotation from Emanuel von Bodman -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 mins (2005-04-12 17:33:53 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- oops, and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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| Sprichwörter (see comment) Explanation: Here's a nice rendering of the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry quote (from the internet): "As for the future, we shouldn't want to predict[/forsee] it, but make it possible." -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 20 mins (2005-04-12 17:45:46 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- oops, I also overlooked the *foresee* Reference: http://www.euractiv.com/Article?tcmuri=tcm:29-117093-16&type... |
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3 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2| Sprichwörter As for the future, your task is not to forsee it, but to enable it Explanation: ... As for the future, your task is not to forsee it, but to enable it. - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry More quotations on: [ Future ] ... www.basicquotations.com/index.php?aid=1545 - 38k -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 mins (2005-04-12 17:33:06 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Actually, I shouldn\'t have simply cut and pasted here as there is a spelling mistake (forsee>foresee) The original will have been in French anyway -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr 48 mins (2005-04-12 19:14:24 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Here is a useful tip, Jens: 1. www.google.com 2. Select key noun \'Zukunft\' and translate as \'future\' 3. Enter search phrase - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry future 4. Hey presto, the first thing you see is what I cut and pasted above! |
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