"And, hungry for the old, familiar ways, I turned aside and bowed my head and wept."

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Source : Claude McKay, Gene Andrew Jarrett (1937). “A Long Way from Home”, p.94, Rutgers University Press

Claude McKay

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“And what most people don't understand is the bulk of business in this country is small business.”
“Mainly, I don't like it when music is made solely to impress people or in order to please business people; it doesn't sound good to me. If you're making music in order to become famous or loved by the masses that's not what I'm about. When somebody's making music for the wrong reasons, I hear it right away.”
“Many countries today have begun the transition from an industrial wealth system and civilization to a knowledge-based system - without appreciating that a new wealth system is impossible without a corresponding new way of life.”
“Now, I testify it is a small voice. It whispers, not shouts. And so you must be very quiet inside. That is why you may wisely fast when you want to listen. And that is why you will listen best when you feel, "Father, thy will, not mine, be done." You will have a feeling of "I want what you want." Then, the still small voice will seem as if it pierces you. It may make your bones to quake. More often it will make your heart burn within you, again softly, but with a burning which will lift and reassure.”
“I generally get challenged; I haven't been typecast, which is really, really, nice. It's not something that every actor gets, really. It's luxury. Most actors are capable of it, but they aren't afforded the opportunity to express their variety.”

Source : "Wanted: James McAvoy Interview". Interview with Patrick Kolan, www.ign.com. July 22, 2008.
“Innovative ideas are rarely rejected on their merits; theyâ€™re rejected because of how they make people feel. If you forget peopleâ€™s concerns and feelings when you present an innovation, or neglect to understand their perspectives in your design, youâ€™re setting yourself up to fail.”

Source : Scott Berkun (2010). “The Myths of Innovation”, p.61, "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
“To be a head boy, you have to be very clever, you have to be a scholar, and I was never a scholar in any shape or form.”
“The Athanasian Creed is the most splendid ecclesiastical lyric ever poured forth by the genius of man.”

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