"As skills and energy became more of a demand, people who didn't have skills just got left behind, got shuttled to the side. Education didn't keep up with their promise. Education didn't prepare them for this new world. Jobs went overseas."

-- Julian Bond

#Jobs Quotes #Skills Quotes #People Quotes

“When I need God most, He comes to me the fastest and closest. When I need the creation most, they run from me the fastest and farthest.”
“All freedom to man, but freedom is useful when we know what life is, when we know what past is, what present is, when we know how to go about things, not that every man should be left to experiment by himself.”
“A big part of doing your work is defending your time and your attention so you can do your work.”
“Cinema, radio, television, and magazines are a school of inattention: people look without seeing, listen without hearing.”
“I was created in love. For that reason nothing can express my beauty nor liberate me except love alone.”

Source : Sue Woodruff, Mechthild (of Magdeburg) (1982). “Meditations with Mechtild of Magdeburg”, Bear & Co
“Who are we waiting for? We look up to the sky, waiting for the angel to come down and fix all of our problems. YOU are the angel that can fix your problems.”
“My name's Jean Tannen, and I'm the ambush.”

Source : Scott Lynch (2006). “The Lies of Locke Lamora”, p.291, Spectra
“I still speak Czech with my parents because I was born there.”

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