"One press account said I was an overnight success. I thought that was the longest night I've ever spent."

-- Sandra Cisneros

#Night Quotes #Self Respect Quotes #Said Quotes

“Memory is the residue of thought”

Source : Daniel T. Willingham (2009). “Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom”, p.41, John Wiley & Sons
“Man's best friend is one who wishes well to the object of his wish for his sake, even if no one is to know of it.”
“Every duty which is bidden to wait returns with seven fresh duties at its back.”

Source : Charles Kingsley (1873). “Selections from Some of the Writings of the Rev. C. Kingsley, M.A.”, p.143
“Most of my training I do in between movies, and even if I wasn't an actor I'd be doing it. I started studying martial arts when I was 14, and it's something I still do just to keep sane and feel good about myself.”

Source : Source: wegotthiscovered.com
“Ned said "Nancy Drew is the best girl detective in the whole world!" "Don't you believe him," Nancy said quickly. "I have solved some mysteries, I'll admit, and I enjoy it, but I'm sure there are many other girls who could do the same.”

Source : Carolyn Keene (1963). “Nancy Drew 08: Nancy's Mysterious Letter”, p.103, Penguin
“No nation now sets forth to despoil another upon the avowed ground that it desires the spoils.”
“True values are not taught and declared, they evolve through the acts and interaction of the living, they are understood at a near tacit level by those who live them.”
“Although population and consumption are societal issues, technology is the business of business. If economic activity must increase tenfold over what it is today to support a population nearly double its current size, then technology will have to reduce its impact twenty-fold merely to keep the planet at its current levels of environmental impact. For example, to stabilize the climate we may have to reduce real carbon emissions by as much as 80 percent, while simultaneously growing the world economy by an order of magnitude.”

Source : Stuart L. Hart (2010). “Capitalism at the Crossroads: Next Generation Business Strategies for a Post-Crisis World”, p.52, FT Press

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