"As a young woman, I dreamed of changing the world. In my twenties, I went to Africa to try and save the continent, only to learn that Africans neither wanted nor needed saving. Indeed, when I was there, I saw some of the worst that good intentions, traditional charity, and aid can produce..."

-- Jacqueline Novogratz

#Trying Quotes #Twenties Quotes #World Quotes

“Isn't it human beings who impart vitality to the image in the temple? If no one sculpts the stone, it doesn't become an image. If no one installs it in the temple, it does not acquire any sanctity. If no worship is done, it does not acquire any power. Without human effort there cannot be any temples. What is wrong then in saying that we should view great masters as equal to God? Temples installed by such spiritual masters have a special energy of their own.”
“We only have one life to live. Since everybody has the potential to be successful, I hope we'll all take an action and actually live it.”
“You can't just stick with what you know, you have to evolve.”

Source : "Interview: Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond". Interview with Laurence Lerman, www.discdish.com. January 11, 2016.
“The main reason for the failure of the modern medical science is that it is dealing with results and not causes. Nothing more than the patching up of those attacked and the burying of those who are slain, without a thought being given to the real strong hold.”

Source : Edward Bach, F. J. Wheeler (1998). “The Bach Flower Remedies”, p.9, McGraw Hill Professional
“This ambiguity is another example of a growing problem with mathematical notation: There aren't enough squiggles to go around.”

Source : Jim Blinn (1998). “Jim Blinn's Corner: Dirty Pixels”, p.94, Morgan Kaufmann
“All pictures that's painted with sense and with thought / Are painted by madmen as sure as a groat; / For the greater the fool in the pencil more blest, / And when they are drunk they always paint best.”
“I don't even like the show that much, I mean, it's about doctors. It's not like doctors are as important as actors anyway, I bet I've saved more lives with my acting talent then any doctor has.”
“By far the best dressing up outfit I ever had was a wonderful pair of clown dungarees, which my Granny made.”

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