"If the time is not ripe, we have to ripen the time."

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Source : "Dorothy Height, civil rights activist, dies at 98", www.foxnews.com. April 20, 2010.

Dorothy Height

“My idea for peace in the Middle East is to go back to the 1966 line, but to build even more houses for the Palestinians, who are a poor people.”
“Football, in its purest form, remains a physical fight. As in any fight, if you don't want to fight, it's impossible to win.”

Source : Bud Wilkinson (1993). “Football: Winning Offense”, p.12, Sports Illustrated
“Within our perceived weaknesses and imperfections lies the key to realizing our true strength.”
“The executioner's face is always well hidden.”
“There is as much ingenuity in making an felicitous application of an passage as in being the author of it.”
“I invent, find, and borrow ways of making painterly statements, which reflect my person to the extent that I am able to reach into that core of my being. Itâ€™s a kind of self-analysis that requires a balance between the rational and the intuited.”
“Well, Rickey's not one of them, so that's 49 percent right there.”
“Companies that grow for the sake of growth or that expand into areas outside their core business strategy often stumble. On the other hand, companies that build scale for the benefit of their customers and shareholders more often succeed over time.”

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