"The key to success is to risk thinking unconventional thoughts. Convention is the enemy of progress."

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Source : "A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future". Book by Daniel H. Pink, 2005.

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“I don't hate work, composing is not work for me, it's my pleasure; it's my life. So why should I stop? If something is pleasurable and exciting and rewarding, why should one stop?”
“A garden makes all our senses swim with pleasure.”
“We live in a world of self-deprecation, and while itâ€™s healthy to make fun of ourselves from time to time, it bothers me when I see women of all ages belittling their accomplishments because they donâ€™t want to appear boastful or overconfident. You donâ€™t see a lot of guys out there underplaying their strengths or making light of what theyâ€™re good at, so why should women? While I get that thereâ€™s a fine line between owning your accomplishments and reciting every line of your rÃ©sumÃ©, there is absolutely no shame in being proud of what youâ€™ve managed to achieve! Own it!”
“What we should have done is kept the same team that played in the '95 World Series. Those trades (Eddie Murray & Carlos Baerga) caused a lot of chaos in the organization. I didn't feel like we were moving in the right direction.”
“In 1933-34, the Belgians conducted a census in order to issue â€˜ethnicâ€™ identity cards, which labelled every Rwandan as either Hutu (85%) of Tutsi (14%) or Twa (1%). The identity cards made it virtually impossible for Hutus to become Tutsis, and permitted the Belgians to perfect the administration of an apartheid system rooted in the myth of Tutsi superiorityâ€¦ Whatever Hutu and Tutsi identity may have stood for in the pre-colonial state no longer mattered; the Belgians had made â€˜ethnicityâ€™ the defining feature of Rwandan existence.”
“I'm not interested in thinking up the name of a band and a logo and all that. Been there, done that, sold a million T-shirts.”
“If human values were relative, all laws-whether those based on revealed religions or those devised by man-would become meaningless.”

Source : Anwar Sadat (1978). “In Search of Identity: An Autobiography”, New York : Harper & Row
“I have no regrets. I had an amazing surrogate who carried my son for me. I am so grateful to her. I can even say I am grateful for having cancer. I was always meant to be a mom, but if I didnt have cancer, I never would have had Zev. I would have had a kid, but not Zev, and I want Zev - tantrums and all.”

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