"The greatest threat to extremism isn't drones firing missiles, but girls reading books."

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Source : "What’s So Scary About Smart Girls?" by Nicholas Kristof, www.nytimes.com. May 10, 2014.

Nicholas D. Kristof

#Girl Quotes #Book Quotes #Reading Quotes

“I put steam on the table by being an actor. That is how I live. The longer I live, the more expensive it becomes. So I do my work. And I can't be immensely picky. How many beautiful scripts come in one's lifetime? I have had more than anybody, practically.”
“In some ways, getting away from the headquarters and having a little time to reflect allows you to find errors in your strategy. You get to rethink things. Often, that helps me correct a mistake that I made or someone else is about to make.”
“Confidence is the immaterial residue of material actions. Confidence is the public face of competence.”
“Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results.”
“Man's life is but a jest, A dream, a shadow, bubble, air, a vapor at the best.”
“I live in America. I have the right to write whatever I want. And it's equaled by another right just as powerful: the right not to read it. Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.”

Source : Twitter post from Nov 10, 2015
“Dark clouds outside are no match to the bright smiles of volunteers at the GK relief center. Hope shines brightest in darkness. Miracles of solidarity can help a nation walk on water.”
“If you're going thru hell, keep going.”

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