"We know from myths and fairy tales that there are many different kinds of powers in this world. One child is given a light saber, another a wizard's education. The trick is not to amass all the different kinds of power, but to use well the kind you've been granted."

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Source : Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.266, Broadway Books

Susan Cain

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“The great man is to be the servant of mankind, not they of him.”

Source : Theodore Parker (1871). “Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons”, p.253
“We should not have assumed that a political space station could be built.”
“It was a cheesy cheeseball, covered with Cheez Whiz and served on a bed of Cheez-Its. With a side of queso.”

Source : Jordan Sonnenblick (2012). “After Ever After”, p.101, Scholastic Inc.
“The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil.”
“Well, I'm glad we don't have to play in the shade.”
“Human race cannot coexist with nuclear weapons”
“I'm infamous, a joke. It doesn't make me feel good, because I'm a genuine person, but I don't let it get to me, because I am who I am.”
“I am familiar with what goes on in the Arab countries, and I'm sad to say that most of us want to annihilate Israel. We want to kill all the Israelis... Do you know what they used to say in the mosques in Egypt? "We want to go to the White House and turn it into the Islamic House..." We call upon the Arab countries to stop teaching hatred to the Arab children.”

Source : "We Must Begin to View the Jews in a Forgiving Light". Middle East Media Research Institute, March 2007.

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