"We thought a magazine, even a self proclaimed literary review, had to be involved in politics. We felt sex was healthy and made (then) bold use of fiction and graphics so declaring. We operated on a shoestring and still got our issues out on time. In short, we had a ball."

-- Barney Rosset

#Sex Quotes #Issues Quotes #Self Quotes

“There's a simple, but oft-neglected lesson here: to sustain success, you have to be willing to abandon things that are no longer successful.”

Source : Gary Hamel (2012). “What Matters Now: How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition, and Unstoppable Innovation”, p.115, John Wiley & Sons
“Waking up begins with saying am and now. That which has awoken then lies for a while staring up at the ceiling and down into itself until it has recognized I, and therefrom deduced I am, I am now. Here comes next, and is at least negatively reassuring; because here, this morning, is where it has expected to find itself: whatâ€™s called at home.”
“Deux me'Â tresou un peu plusseÂ parent donc l'homme de la femme. Two metres, or a little more, separates a man from a woman.”
“I am seeing change at earlier stage start-up companies. For a lot of big companies, the ship has sailed. They are trying to bolt on diversity and inclusion.”

Source : Source: www.usatoday.com
“But avoidance allows you to believe that you're making all kinds of strides when you're not.”

Source : Liz Murray (2011). “Breaking Night”, p.200, Random House
“Strong leaders don't plead with individuals to perform.”
“I know I have to run 20 more minutes if I eat ice cream. Basically, I eat everything, but I just do more training.”
“Christianity persecuted, tortured, and burned. Like a hound it tracked the very scent of heresy. It kindled wars, and nursed furious hatreds and ambitions... Man, far from being freed from his natural passions, was plunged into artificial ones quite as violent and much more disappointing.”

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