"Business as usual will not be accepted by any part of this city."

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Source : Harold Washington, Alton Miller (1988). “Climbing a Great Mountain: Selected Speeches of Mayor Harold Washington”

Harold Washington

#Business Quotes #Cities Quotes #Usual Quotes

“And you know, when you take on something like this, you read a book like this, you know that it's going to be an adventure. That's part of what draws you to it.”

Source : Interview with Stax, www.ign.com. March 21, 2003.
“I donâ€™t look at myself as the mayor, I look at myself as just a normal, regular person.”
“To be successful you must recognise your weaknesses and employ people with complementary skills.”
“Believe it, future generations.”
“Only if you have some knowledge of the human sacrifices, the vicious temple rites, the degrading superstitions and customs that were practiced . . . can you realize how much the modern world owes to the Hebrew prophets, whose monotheism and moral teachings entered into Christianity and Islam....”
“To pile up honey upon sugar, and sugar upon honey, to an interminable tedious sweetness.”
“Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the right papers you can do anything The believe in papers. Papers are power.”
“The love-making of the bluebird is as beautiful as the bird itself, and normally as gentle, unless interrupted by some jealous rival who would steal his bride; then gentleness gives place to active combat. The male usually arrives a few days ahead of the female, selects what he considers to be a suitable summer home, and carols his sweetest, most seductive notes day after day until she appears in answer to his call.”

Source : Arthur Cleveland Bent (1949). “Life histories of North American thrushes, kinglets, and their allies: order Passeriformes”

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