"While infrastructure is of course important, it must be part of a bigger vision. The point is not to simply dig ditches but to steer those investments towards transformational growth."

-- Mariana Mazzucato

#Growth Quotes #Vision Quotes #Important Quotes

“I'm not going to single individuals out but Yakubu has missed loads of great chances”
“It's hilarious, because my guitar has what's known as a tremolo bar or a whammy bar. And the whammy bar is probably the most alien thing on my guitar that could possibly relate to a classical guitar.”
“I believe that traditional wisdom is incomplete.”
“The act of expressing oneself is a physical one. It materializes the thought.”

Source : Speech to the Penguins, 1949.
“Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or who says it.”
“Book marketing should be a planned process, an art if you will.”
“Have you ever heard a blindfolded octopus unwrap a cellophane-covered bathtub?”

Source : Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.115, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“A writer with her work needs to be like a dog with a bone all the time. She needs to know where she's hidden it. Where she's stored the good stuff. She needs to keep gnawing at it, even after all the meat seems to be gone. When a student of mine says (okay, whines) that she's impatient, or tired, or the worst: isn't it good enough? this may be harsh, but she loses just a little bit of my respect. Because there is no room for impatience, or exhaustion, or self-satisfaction, or laziness. All of these really mean, simply, that the inner censor has won the day.”

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