"People acquiring a second language have the best chance for success through reading."

-- Stephen D. Krashen

#Reading Quotes #People Quotes #Chance Quotes

“I can't explain why one wants to pass a particular sort of pain onto other people, but you do.”
“The curse which lies upon marriage is that too often the individuals are joined in their weakness rather than in their strength -each asking from the other instead of finding pleasure in giving. It is even more deceptive to dream of gaining through the child a plenitude, a warmth, a value, which one is unable to create for oneself; the child brings joy only to the woman who is capable of disinterestedly desiring the happiness of another, to one who without being wrapped up in self seeks to transcend her own existence.”
“By the way, I'm not sure the managing director who was 50 in 2005 understood that the job had changed - that when he or she came out of school in 1986, that it was different. How would they know? We've got to admit that.”

Source : Source: nordic.businessinsider.com
“Incremental change is better than ambitious failure. . . .Success feeds on itself.”

Source : Tal Ben-Shahar (2011). “Complete Guide to Being Happier (EBOOK BUNDLE)”, p.9, McGraw-Hill Professional
“The Internet is for haters. Everyone wants to knock somebody down, but it's cool.”
“Because Social Security is specifically designed to boost the retirement income of low earners with a progressive benefit formula, the program has played an enormous and necessary role in keeping Latinas out of poverty.”
“In order to lead people, you have to get to know them.”
“A team that thinks it's going to lose is going to lose.”

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