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A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache
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"A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache"

- Catherine the Great

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This quote by Catherine the Great speaks to the power of change and the prospective it brings. The excellent wind she mentions is a metaphor for the winds of modification that can produce originalities and opportunities. However, it can also provide tension and confusion. The wind of modification can be both a true blessing and a curse, depending on how one chooses to translate it. On one hand, it can bring about originalities and opportunities, but on the other hand, it can be overwhelming and trigger a headache. This quote is a suggestion that change can be both a favorable and an unfavorable force, and it depends on us to choose how we will react to it. Eventually, it is up to us to maximize the chances that come our method and to utilize our imagination to create something new and exciting.

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Catherine the Great This quote is written / told by Catherine the Great between April 21, 1729 and November 6, 1796. He was a famous Royalty from Russia. The author also have 16 other quotes.

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