"Every time you get into a new job, new location, you have an amazing opportunity in front of you. You get to play dumb for as long as people will allow you to play dumb. You get to ask all the dumb questions, you get to ask multiple people the dumb questions, and you get to make mistakes. Thats how you stand out in the crowd."

-- Gary Cohn

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“...because a life without meaning, without drive or focus, without dreams or goals, isn't a life worth living.”
“Often when people are claiming that they are not creative, they mean that they are not artists, writers, athletes, or any other media types demonstrating creativity. Or they know someone who always seems to have a lot of ideas and know that they can't match that. We all have a tendency to idolize those who create what we see in the media. I think it's better to use these people as models rather than idols, especially when these people have aspects of their lives that are similar to us. Then we can take their inspiration as we go on to be creative in our own way in our own lives.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they will bring in, the people they will bring in, who they might appoint to the Supreme Court, and look at the whole range of issues before making a decision.”
“The public is a monster and that is why I am not eager to return to the stage.”
“The present structure of rewards in high schools produces a response on the part of an adolescent social system which effectively impedes the process of education.”
“people think they have to be good before they can act good. But ... it works just as well the other way 'round.”

Source : Cecil Dawkins (1995). “Rare Earth”, Fawcett Books
“The future isn't a place that we're going to go, it's a place that you get to create.”
“The beginning of men's rebellion against God was, and is, the lack of a thankful heart.”

Source : Francis August Schaeffer (1982). “The Complete Works of Francis A. Schaeffer: A Christian view of spirituality”

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