"I grew up in somewhat of a war zone in West Philadelphia in 1985, '86. It wasn't as extreme as someone coming in the classroom and just unloading on a class, but I knew to take the scenic route to go to the grocery store to avoid certain elements."

-- Questlove

#War Quotes #Class Quotes #Philadelphia Quotes

“Hollywood people are filled with guilt: white guilt, liberal guilt, money guilt. They feel bad that they're so rich, they feel they don't work that much for all that money - and they don't, for the amount of money they make.”

Source : "Stand-Up Guy". Interview with Nick Gillespie and Steve Kurtz, reason.com. November, 1997.
“As far as leadership goes, it's important to know that we don't have to act like men to be leaders. Since men have been all we have had to look to as examples of leaders, that's how we think we have to act. But generally that's not how we have to act. We just have to act like ourselves. We do have to maintain a collaborative spirit. Also, at the end of the day you do have to step into your own power and say, "Okay, I've listened to all of these different opinions, advice, and so forth, but I am deciding this and this is how we are going to go."”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“We are on track for a 3.5 deg C rise by 2040 (i.e. 4.2 deg C relative to pre-industrial)... When I look at this data, the trend is perfectly in line with a temperature increase of 6 degrees Celsius, which would have devastating consequences for the planet. We have 5 years to change the energy system, or have it changed”
“No navigator has yet traced lines of latitude and longitude on the conjugal sea.”
“There is a sign in the heavens Another light in the darkness A better time is beginning There is a fire star coming I see the mark of the ice bear In the tears of the dragon And you'd better start wishing There is a fire star coming Stay with me, my love...... ....Until the stars have blinked their last Wherever on this earth you walk He will arouse, excite, inspire, My Valentine, my one dark fire.”
“The critical first billion years, during which life began, are blank pages in the earth's history.”

Source : Robert Jastrow (1969). “White Dwarfs: Man's Descent from the Stars”
“Our sages of blessed memory have said that we must not enjoy any pleasure in this world without reciting a blessing.”
“Lord Chancellor, did I deliver the speech well? I am glad of that, for there was nothing in it.”

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