"When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose."

-- Abdallah II

#Opportunity Quotes #People Quotes #Needs Quotes

“I was a child or didn't live through those presidents prior to [Ronald] Reagan, and thus didn't realize how little attention they had paid to the founders.”
“Japanese tend to put sales and market share first. They make many products with the aim of raising sales. But then profits decline, and companies find themselves falling into debt... I changed the mindset at Canon by getting people to realize that profits come first.”

Source : "Online Extra: Q&A with Canon's Fujio Mitarai". Interview with Irene M. Kunii, www.bloomberg.com. February 11, 2002.
“If it's important you'll find a way. If it's not, you'll find an excuse.”

Source : FaceBook post by Ryan Blair from Apr 14, 2013
“Realisation is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage”
“Ancient Egyptians believed that upon death they would be asked two questions and their answers would determine whether they could continue their journey in the afterlife. The first question was, 'Did you bring joy?' The second was, 'Did you find joy?”
“I think the point of cinematography, of what we do, is intimacy. Is intent, is the balance between the familiar and the dream, it is being subjective and objective, it is being engaged and yet standing back and noticing something that perhaps other people didnâ€™t notice before, or celebrating something that you feel is beautiful or valid, or true or engaging in some way.”
“But the velocities of the velocities - the second, third, fourth, and fifth velocities, etc. - exceed, if I mistake not, all human understanding...”
“All the conservation efforts in the world won't be enough to make a dent in the oncoming sustainability crisis our planet faces.”

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