"Most Americans who made it past the fourth grade have a pretty good idea who Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, Jr., were. Not many Americans have even heard of Alice Paul, Howard W. Smith, and Martha Griffiths. But they played almost as big a role in the history of womenâ€™s rights as Marshall and King played in the history of civil rights for African-Americans. They gave women the handle to the door to economic opportunity, and nearly all the gains women have made in that sphere since the nineteen-sixties were made because of what they did."

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Source : "The Sex Amendment". www.newyorker.com. July 21, 2014.

Louis Menand

#Kings Quotes #Past Quotes #Opportunity Quotes

“It's easy, of course, for two teams to collude, but somewhat more difficult for twenty-eight”

Source : Howard Raiffa (1982). “The Art and Science of Negotiation”, p.107, Harvard University Press
“I love fatherhood. I could bang on about kids forever.”
“Our god is the thing, or person, which we think most precious, for whom we would make the greatest sacrifice, and who moves our heart with the warmest love. He is the person or thing that if lost would leave us desolate.”
“I do not want to work to correspond to an image.”
“It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.”

Source : Miles Davis, Quincy Troupe (1990). “Miles”, Simon and Schuster
“I want to be an example, the person who when they look at, they say, "That guy is a Christian, there's no doubt about it." I want to be blameless. I want to be an encouragement. I want to be a role model for the believer.”

Source : Source: theindiespiritualist.com
“Thirty years ago, about 80% of a company's assets resided in its plant and equipment, with 20% in the knowledge of its people. Today, the reverse is true. The knowledge of our staff is our principal asset”
“I don't need to do a reality show to make my mark in this world.”

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