"When people get placed upon a pedestal - when they start chasing after that person on the pedestal - they become mannequin-like."

-- Ichiro Suzuki

#People Quotes #Pedestal Quotes #Chasing Quotes

“And I think women have come a very, very long way, but they have a long way to go.”
“I think they called me the closest thing to a God of the Internet. But at the end, that article wasn't very complimentary, because the author suggested that I wasn't doing a very good job, and that I ought to be replaced by a "professional."Of course, there isn't any "God of the Internet." The Internet works because a lot of people cooperate to do things together.”

Source : "NetWorker" Magazine, Summer 1997.
“If you fight you might lose, if you don't you have already lost.”
“I've never come into anything successful before. I've always been hired by horrible radio stations with horrendous reputations and nothing to lose.”
“Sally is my wife, but not my chattel or my property.”

Source : "John Bercow dismisses Daily Mail as a 'bigoted comic'" by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. June 7, 2011.
“Dr Johnson died in 1944. The suspicion exists that he was silenced...However two federal inspectors did examine his hospital record in the late 1950's. They concluded it was likely that he was poisoned.”
“My grandfather was a teacher, my grandmother on my mom's side, four of my aunts, my sister-in-law, my best friend. So I've always, my entire life, been surrounded by teachers, and because of that I've had a tremendous respect for what teachers can do, the power that they can have.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“If you want help in starting to write memoirs, you don't want to fall into the clutches of a famous writer who has been hired to teach at a writing workshop solely because of his name's ability to attract students, rather than because of any teaching skill. You should not have to grapple with someone who secretly thinks you should be writing about his life rather than your own.”

Source : Judith Barrington (2002). “Writing the Memoir”

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