"what a rope of sand we are without a leader ..."

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Source : Marjorie Bowen (1907). “The Master of Stair”

Marjorie Bowen

#Leadership Quotes #Leader Quotes #Rope Quotes

“I'm still a soldier, fighting with my pen and paper for peace till the day I cease.”

Source : Emmanuel Jal (2009). “War Child: A Child Soldier's Story”, p.188, Macmillan
“A pandemic influenza would mean widespread infection essentially throughout every region of the world.”

Source : "H5N1 - Killer Flu". "Wide Angle" with Bill Moyers, www.pbs.org. September 20, 2005.
“I think that inside every adult is the heart of a child. We just gradually convince ourselves that we have to act more like adults.”
“With the Rhythm Kings, I can involve myself in arranging and producing the music as well as the choice of songs.”
“It's a really common trap to want your life to live up to some standard that you believe in, and then you start to really examine those standards and realize they come not from experiences you've had, but things you've seen in movies, or feelings you've felt listening to pop songs, or ideas you've received from reading books. And not just happy things, but a lot of the time, sad things. It gets kind of depressing, when you see how movies and songs make these promises to us.”
“Look back to learn how to look forward.”

Source : Joe Girard, Stanley H. Brown (2006). “How to Sell Anything to Anybody”, p.25, Simon and Schuster
“My mother sent me to psychiatrists since the age of four because she didnt think little boys should be sad. When my brother was born, I stared out the window for days. Can you imagine that?”
“Whenever I see young girls wearing way too much makeup... you're young, you don't need that much.”

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