"We are the raison d'Ãªtre of the entire system. We are also the employers of those in public office and in the public service. Why should we accept from them a discourse which suggests contempt for us and for the democratic system?"

-- John Ralston Saul

#Office Quotes #Public Service Quotes #Accepting Quotes

“If you can't beat them (Packers), You might as well join them”
“People are stunned to hear that one company has data files on 185 million Americans.”
“It 2001 when we started. But prior to that, I had made this website called sundancepics.com, where me and this other photographer, Randall Michelson, could sell our images from Sundance online and it was successful. Steve Granitz, who's my main partner at WireImage, we were already working together, and I was like, "Look dude, this is it. We can do this."”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“When you are public figure, you're an athlete or actor, that is your job to speak out on certain things. I think you speak out on what you desire to speak out on or your passionate about.”

Source : Source: thesource.com
“Never get to the point where you will be ashamed to ask anybody for information. The ignorant man will always be ignorant if he fears that by asking another for information he will display ignorance. Better once display your ignorance of a certain subject than always know nothing of it.”
“When money follows results - we will get more results for our money”
“If Heaven is willing to sing to us, it is little to ask that we be ready to listen.”
“I have a principle I often invoke in class: comfortable people don't grow. Good teachers need to engage in the paradox of making students feel comfortable and uncomfortable in equal measure.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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