"I think having power ingrains people with a conservatism. There's a tendency to hedge one's bets. (Which explains a lot, actually, about why the movie business is the way it is, and why the publishing industry is too.)"

-- Matthew Specktor

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Way Quotes

“Life is a ï¬ght, but not everyoneâ€™s a ï¬ghter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.”
“The fantastic breaks the crust of appearance â€¦ something grabs us by the shoulders to throw us outside ourselves. I have always known that the big surprises await us where we have learned to be surprised by nothing, that is, where we are not shocked by ruptures in the order.”
“My clothes have always been expensive. Even though I have had a few lower-priced lines over the years, little by little everything I do tends toward the luxury market.”
“Given the nature and magnitude of the challenge, national action alone is insufficient. No nation can address this challenge on its own. No region can insulate itself from these climate changes. That is why we need to confront climate change within a global framework, one that guarantees the highest level of international cooperation.”
“Don't bother to give God instructions; just report for duty.”
“People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.”
“The real lesson of 9/11 that I think we have still to learn is that this is a world of interdependence, in which all of the challenges of environment and climate change, of jobs, of disease, of war and terrorism, are cross-border problems that cannot be met one nation at a time.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“It has long been my desire to be a little worm in the fair apple of Progress.”

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