"Earlier in this century, philanthropy often flowed from the wills of dead industrialists. In recent decades, it's as likely to have come from a very alive business leader, entertainer, artist or sports star. The most effective of these patrons begin the process of giving by asking what they care about passionately."

-- Michael Milken

#Sports Quotes #Stars Quotes #Artist Quotes

“With the coming of spring, I am calm again.”
“Time is but the measure of the difficulty of a conception. Pure thought has scarcely any need of time, since it perceives the two ends of an idea almost at the same moment.”
“From 1947 to 2001, the American economy grew annually at a rate of 3.5 percent. After China got into the World Trade Organization, got access to our markets and flooded our markets with its illegally subsidized exports, we grew at a rate of 1.8 percent from 2002 to 2015. That's almost cut in half.”
“And it's true. It's so true. All those years of loving Zik because he never asked about Eve... I never realized, I never understood. It was his job as my best friend not to ask. But it was my job as his best friend to tell him without being asked.”
“Cultures and climates differ all over the world, but people are the same. Theyâ€™ll gather in public if you give them a good place to do it.”
“Paralyze resistance with persistence.”
“I am not an original thinker-but I am an original listener.)”

Source : Aravind Adiga (2008). “The White Tiger: A Novel”, p.39, Simon and Schuster
“People were laughing at me anyway, so I thought I might as well start charging them.”

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