"I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed."

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Source : Booker T. Washington (2013). “The Booker T. Washington Reader”, p.39, Simon and Schuster

Booker T. Washington

#Ideas Quotes #People Quotes #Succeed Quotes

“You know, if I tell the press that I like long blonde hair, the next day there will be girls with long hair wigs outside waiting for me.”
“The beating heart of the universe is holy joy.”
“I think Bob appreciated my outfit. He made me buy the more expensive pendant. You might think that was to my disadvantage, but I accept that status comes with a price.â€ â€œNot usually so immediately.â€ I shake my head. â€œYou better not be hitting on federal agent ladies. Theyâ€™ll arrest you.â€ His grin widens. â€œI like handcuffs.â€ I groan. â€œThere is something seriously wrong with you.â€ â€œNothing that a night being worked over by a hot representative of justice couldnâ€™t fix.”
“Racism is a way to gain economic advantage at the expense of others. Slavery and plantations may be gone, but racism still allows us to regard those who may keep us from financial gain as less than equals.”
“Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which man will never be able to cope. . . . The example of the bird does not prove that man can fly. Imagine the proud possessor of the aeroplane darting through the air at a speed of several hundred feet per second. It is the speed alone that sustains him. How is he ever going to stop?”
“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is the main obstacle between you and a shitty first draft. I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won't have to die. The truth is that you will die anyway and that a lot of people who aren't even looking at their feet are going to do a whole lot better than you, and have a lot more fun while they're doing it.”
“Since I've got on the Internet, it's opened a whole world of wasted time for me. My wife says she's an Internet widow.”
“It's normal that countries work for their own benefit, political and economic.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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