"We have the kind of self-made-man myth, which says that super-successful people did it themselves."

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Malcolm Gladwell

#Successful Quotes #Men Quotes #Self Quotes

“And it is a very beautiful idea, and possibly true, that a common man from Stratford with a common education was able to write these plays.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Listening is harvesting what is in the speaker's mind.”

Source : Michael Rost (2013). “Teaching and Researching: Listening”, p.3, Routledge
“I like a cheese and pickle. Nice cheese and pickle on a real old-fashioned bread. Ploughman's lunch.”
“The success of the Allies in the west was in a measure offset by Teutonic victories in the east. When the invasion of Belgium began, Russia made immediate efforts to counteract by invasion of East Prussia.”

Source : Kelly Miller (1919). “Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights: An Intensely Human and Brilliant Account of the World War; why American Entered the Conflict; what the Allies Fought For; and a Thrilling Account of the Important Part Taken by the Negro in the Tragic Defeat of Germany ...”
“In most of my photographic pieces I have manipulated the quality of the evidence that people assign to photography, in order to subvert it, or to show that photography lies - that what it conveys is not reality but a set of cultural codes.”
“You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.”
“Donâ€™t stereotype, Jenks. HAPA is an equal-opportunity hate group,â€ I said.”
“Penance to be sure must be used as a tool, in due times and places, as need may be. If the flesh, being too strong, kicks against the spirit, penance takes the rod of discipline, and fast, and the cilice of many buds, and mighty vigils; and places burdens enough on the flesh, that it may be more subdued. But if the body is weak, fallen into illness, the rule of discretion does not approve of such a method.”

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