"I finished reading High Output Management by Andrew Grove, which had such valuable insights for leaders that I've been forcing managers at Duolingo to read the book."

-- Luis von Ahn

#Reading Quotes #Book Quotes #Leader Quotes

“I had been hearing on-the-ground buzz that white folks were moving to places like Bend, Oregon, and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and St. George, Utah. That led me to discover through census data that these towns were already extremely white and they were becoming, in most cases, even whiter. Statistics could only tell me so much; in order to get to the spirit and essence of it, I had to immerse myself.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“Playing the Mammy of Miss Leigh was just about the biggest thrill I've ever had”
“The bigger the information media, the less courage and freedom they follow. Bigness means weakness.”
“There comes a time in the seeker's life when he discovers that he is at once the lover and the beloved.”
“Whether the angels play only Bach praising God, I am not quite sure.”
“Some persons are so inclined to mortify themselves that at every opportunity they have, they do so. What a beautiful practice this is, and how profitable!”
“The terrible predicament of a beautiful girl is that only an experienced womanizer, someone cynical and without scruple, feels up to the challenge. More often than not, she will lose her virginity to some filthy lowlife in what proves to be the first step in an irrevocable decline.”

Source : Michel Houellebecq (2001). “The Elementary Particles”, p.61, Vintage
“If you try to target a movie at kids, you end up with something that makes parents take a nap.”

Source : Source: www.thewrap.com

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