"There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth."

-- Leo Tolstoy

#Inspirational Quotes #Inspiring Quotes #Truth Quotes

“If people want to see me in comedies, that's fine with me.”
“A situation where people can grow old without having a job that rewards them individually while adding to the collective well-being is morally unacceptable.”

Source : Franco Modigliani (2001). “Adventures of an Economist”, W. W. Norton
“I'm a crazy car guy. I've got an airplane hangar full of cars.”
“Tom Coburn never forgot that members of Congress are spending the hard-earned money of the people back home. Even a lot of conservatives end up forgetting that. Here's hoping that back in the private sector, Tom Coburn keeps up the fight for his beliefs and that he remains a constant reminder to lawmakers and the White House of ethical standards to which all should aspire.”
“I'm the most mellow person offstage. I think it's just, going onstage lets me get out some frustration that I'm too shy to do in real life. Instead of doing it in private, I'd rather do it in front of 1,000 people who've paid $25 to see me lose my mind.”
“Writing 'This Is Who I Am...' I wanted to write a song about where I'm at, that I have accepted where I have come to and I wanted my fans to be able to connect to it too. I want them to stand proud!”
“Aristippus being asked what were the most necessary things for well-born boys to learn, said, "Those things which they will put in practice when they become men.”
“There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs â€” partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.”

Source : Booker T. Washington (1911). “My Larger Education: Being Chapters from My Experience”

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