"Georgetown. Alonzo was the guy I always heard about. I've always wanted to measure myself against the best."

-- Shaquille O'Neal

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“An extended stay in the wilderness inevitably directs one's attention outward as much as inward, and it is impossible to live off the land without developing both a subtle understanding of, and a strong emotional bond with, that land and all it holds.”

Source : Jon Krakauer (2011). “Into the Wild”, p.182, Pan Macmillan
“If gold has been prized because it is the most inert element, changeless and incorruptible, water is prized for the opposite reason -- its fluidity, mobility, changeability that make it a necessity and a metaphor for life itself. To value gold over water is to value economy over ecology, that which can be locked up over that which connects all things.”
“Among the current discussions, the impact of new and sophisticated methods in the study of the past occupies an important place. The new 'scientific' or 'cliometric' history-born of the marriage contracted between historical problems and advanced statistical analysis, with economic theory as bridesmaid and the computer as best man-has made tremendous advances in the last generation.”

Source : Robert William Fogel, Geoffrey Rudolph Elton (1983). “Which Road to the Past?: Two Views of History”, p.2, Yale University Press
“There's been a lot of talk about black men and the presence and absence of black men in positions of power in American culture.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“The Convention is not only a visionary document. We are reminded daily that it is an agreement that works - and its utility can be seen in the everyday use to which I have seen it increasingly being put by country after country, in policy, in practice and in law.”
“Power posing! I do it before any appearance and recommend it to everyone. Gold!”
“Examine the labels you apply to yourself. Every label is a boundary or limit you will not let yourself cross.”
“You know what happened the last time a group of people said, 'Screw it, we don't care what you think'? They got hung as witches.”

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