"I knew [Jesse Owens'] name, but I really didn't remember what it is he had done, so I felt like I had to get refreshed. So I read the script and I realized like, wow, this is an incredible human being. I told my manager, however I had to do it, let me see the director; I got to play him."

-- Stephan James

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“We are doomed to failure without a daily destruction of our various preconceptions.”

Source : Taiichi Ohno (2012). “Taiichi Ohnos Workplace Management : Special 100th Birthday Edition: Special 100th Birthday Edition”, McGraw Hill Professional
“Expect people to be better than they are; it helps them to become better. But don't be disappointed when they are not; it helps them to keep trying.”
“Take me shoppin in France and he pay in advance.”
“Waiting is a huge part of being a refugee. You're waiting at borders to get across. You're waiting for transportation. The waiting that people do in Turkey to get aboard one of these boats is incredible. And then when they finally do get aboard, it's the last place they want to be. It's harrowing. That is the horrible irony of a refugee's life. You wait and wait for the next step, and when you get to the next step, it's awful. You don't want to be doing it. But you have to. You have to keep moving forward.”

Source : Source: www.hbook.com
“When you have spent too much time with something, you may lose sight of what's marvelous about it.”

Source : "Biblically Speaking". Online chat, www.slate.com. March 4, 2009.
“Beware of a misfit occupation. . . . Consider carefully your natural bent, whether for business or a profession.”
“Greek mathematics is the real thing. The Greeks first spoke a language which modern mathematicians can understand... So Greek mathematics is 'permanent', more permanent even than Greek literature.”
“Meditation makes the entire nervous system go into a field of coherence.”

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