"Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature."

-- Rita Dove

#Adversity Quotes #Order Quotes #Literature Quotes

“Key to the societal significance of tomorrow's leaders is the way they embrace the totality of leadership, not just including 'my organization' but reaching beyond the walls as well.”

Source : Frances Hesselbein (2002). “Hesselbein on Leadership”, p.9, John Wiley & Sons
“It's good to be in love.”
“One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled.”
“I think we will begin to see some real efforts made to do things like protecting Social Security and Medicare.”
“I wanted to go to New York and be a stage actress, doing things like Chekhov. None of that happened, and then I went to L.A. and an agent said, 'I think you belong in commercials and TV.' So I did that and got some opportunities that I absolutely love.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the void.”
“Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities--that's training or instruction--but is rather a making visible what is hidden as a seed... To be educated, a person doesn't have to know much or be informed, but he or she does have to have been exposed vulnerably to the transformative events of an engaged human life... One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.”
“Microsoft has one more shot at a role in smart phone software through its deployment on Nokia phones. Nokia is still the global market share leader in cell phones. Maybe it will work out, but this is hard to envision great success in the area coming on the heels of so much disappointment in missed opportunity in this important and visible category.”

Source : "Transcript of David Einhorn's Speech at the Ira Sohn Conference". www.businessinsider.com. June 2, 2011.

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