"The immature mind hops from one thing to another; the mature mind seeks to follow through."

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Harry Allen Overstreet

#Maturity Quotes #Mind Quotes #Immature Quotes

“God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.”
“I've been told that nobody sings the word 'hunger' like I do.”
“My grandfather was a very elegant individual. My father also. He was a lawyer and farmer in Cuba. In Miami, he had to go to work wherever he could. But whenever it was time to go out, you saw how they cared for how they looked.”
“Office holders are a self-selected group; you don't get elected if you don't put your name on the ballot. There are many people who would do a great job, but who would never think to run. Find them. Badger them. Get them elected. They might not thank you for it, but a lot of other people will.”
“True love is actually very hard to understand... Everybody is looking for love, everybody is fighting for love... But because they can't bear to say it outloud, they express it through songs”
“France built its best colony on a principle of exclusion, and failed; England reversed the system, and succeeded.”

Source : Francis Parkman (2004). “Montcalm and Wolfe”, p.26, Digital Antiquaria
“Turkey has had a customs union with Europe since 1996, and there's free trade in everything other than farm products and services. And Turkey has shown that it can compete. It's good at making cheap goods - household appliances, food, detergents, cheap clothes. And they make a lot of white goods, cheap TVs, washing machines, electric appliances, steel, and, recently, auto parts. And Turks are gradually moving into IT.”

Source : "The Turks Today". Interview With Julian Brookes, www.motherjones.com. October 26, 2005.
“He never seemed to get tired. Always first up and ready to move on. Never afraid of what lay ahead.”

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