"It is easy enough to vote right and be consistently with the majority. But it is more often more important to be ahead of the majority and this means being willing to cut the first furrow in the ground and stand alone for a while if necessary."

-- Patsy Mink

#Mean Quotes #Cutting Quotes #Important Quotes

“I shouldn't say bad things about the illiterate, though..I should write it. That way they won't find out.”
“We need a Nuremberg to put on trial the economic order that they have imposed on us, that every three years kills more men, women and children by hunger and preventable or curable diseases than the death toll in six years of the second world war.”
“We felt like we just got surrounded by this community of friends.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I've got to go. That's one of the penalties of being a doctor. I never seem to finish a conversation.”
“An enlarged Union based on Nice is not in the interest of any Member State ... This is not a threat. This is a messenger delivering news.”
“If you go back in my career, you'll find I've always been a lead-from-the-front people-manager guy. I've always been outspoken. I've always attempted to break the mold. My advice to myself, then, would be to go all in on it. The world doesn't need another cookie-cutter business-school leader. The world needs somebody to stick out and be loud and proud.”

Source : Source: www.businessinsider.com
“Gregor lifted the knife and slammed it down. The tops of the carrot rolled across the table, some hitting the floor. "What are you doing?" "I'm chopping carrots." "Gregor, they are carrots! not tree branches." "I fail to see the difference.”
“All these perfect days, made of glass Put on the shelf where they can cast perfect shadows that stretch and grow on the imperfect days down below. ... perfect shadows that shift and glow... ... perfect shadows that shift and grow..." "Sam singing on page 256 of Linger.”

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