"No cause more frequently produces bashfulness than too high an opinion of our own importance. He that imagines an assembly filled with his merit, panting with expectation, and hushed with attention, easily terrifies himself with the dread of disappointing them, and strains his imagination in pursuit of something that may vindicate the veracity of fame, and show that his reputation was not gained by chance."

-- Samuel Johnson

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“We are often better served by connecting ideas than we are by protecting them.”

Source : Steven Johnson (2010). “Where Good Ideas Come From”, p.20, Penguin
“I felt like Twitter was more of a place for people to just socialize instead of promoting. After I got off, I realized I could have used that energy and that lane to really promote some positivity. I had 35,000 followers before I left. I was like, "Damn those were 30,000 consumers." It kind of twisted my whole thought process so I got back on. I realized that I have a voice that people wanted to hear.”
“Lies were something you told other people to make things easier, somehow - hopefully, for them, but often more selfishly for yourself.”

Source : Michelle Sagara (2012). “Silence”, p.37, Penguin
“There is no advance without strife.”

Source : Philip Wylie, Edwin Balmer (2016). “After Worlds Collide”, p.185, Macmillan
“The secret of true prosperity is finding our security through our connection with the divine, with the spiritual world.”

Source : Christopher Penczak (2009). “The Witch's Coin: Prosperity and Money Magick”, p.32, Llewellyn Worldwide
“I probably listen to more instrumental music than music with lyrics, but at the same time I do love both.”

Source : Source: www.coupdemainmagazine.com
“Almost certainly, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind. Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world. Yet today 50 percent of the worldâ€™s population goes hungry. Without food, man can live at most but a few weeks; without it, all other components of social justice are meaningless . . . If you desire peace, cultivate justice, but at the same time cultivate the fields to produce more bread, otherwise there will be no peace.”

Source : "World Food Day and the Challenge to Solve World Hunger and Protect the Planet" by John Bryant, Dr. Jason Clay, Lisa Moon, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 14, 2016.
“Academics were important to my parents, as immigrants. Education is where it all begins.”

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