"It remains unbelievable to me that I have any readers beyond my own blood relations - it's a crazy, wild gift."

-- Karen Russell

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“But there are 90 million gun owners in the United States. Only 3.5 million want the insurance and magazines and the various things you get for joining the NRA.”
“We are never more like Christ than in prayers of intercession.”

Source : AUSTIN PHELPS (1860). “THE STILL HOUR”, p.117
“Altruism is a fine motive, but if you want results, greed works much better.”
“As man is so constituted that it is utterly impossible for him to attain happiness save by seeking the happiness of others, so does it seem to be of the nature of things that individuals and classes can obtain their own just rights only by struggling for the rights of others.”
“Let me tell you something: I have members in my charter who, after paying their rent and house bills and taking care of their families, don't even have enough money left over to pay the fifteen dollars a week dues.”
“The smug complacency of technology adverts disguises a pretty mixed picture, with too many people not connected, too many passive users of technologies designed for interactive, and far too much talk about empowerment but far too little action to make it happen.”
“Most of all, I discovered that in order to succeed with a product, you must truly get to know your customers and build something for them.”

Source : "Salesforce.com’s Marc Benioff: ‘Many CEOs are afraid to get too personal'". "VentureBeat" interview, venturebeat.com. October 30,02009.
“I get thousands of requests for mentorship, but they don't offer anything in return, like filing, cleaning my house, or something. All too often, it's "please mentor me; I need my shot." But they don't offer anything in return.”

Source : "From Gangster to Guru for Ryan Blair". Interview with Deborah Jeanne Sergeant, homebusinessmag.com. December 9, 2015.

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