"...a culture that holds people back should and can be changed..."

-- Muhammad Yunus

#People Quotes #Poverty Quotes #Culture Quotes

“Not every defeat of authority is a gain for individual freedom, nor every judicial rescue of a convict a victory for liberty.”
“Global overcapacity in steel production can no longer be ignored. Foreign governments' intervention in steel markets has had a devastating impact on the U.S. industry.”
“If you conduct yourself as though you expect to be successful and happy, you will seldom be disappointed.”
“We must nevertheless present all possible interpretations for each observation, so that competing theories can be formulated and defended. In science, as elsewhere, intellectual inertia, the fashions of the moment, the weight of institutions, and authoritarianism are always to be feared. Heresies play an essential role by keeping our minds argumentative and alert.”

Source : "Atoms of Silence: an Exploration of Cosmic Evolution". Book by Hubert Reeves, 1984.
“Working for a big company is, I believe, much risker than it looks.”
“I think Damien Hirst is hilarious. And I think he's a true artist. He's not hilarious first; I think he is a real artist, and I also think he's got an amazing sense of humor.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Who says one instance of writing has anything in common with another instance?”
“When I sent those scripts, that was the lowest point of my life. We'd just had our second son, and when I went to collect them from hospital, I went to the bank to try and get some money to buy some diapers, the screen showed I've got $26 left.”

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