"The perils of overwork are slight compared with the dangers of inactivity."

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Thomas A. Edison

#Danger Quotes #Peril Quotes #Overwork Quotes

“If we empower ourselves with responsibility over our actions, responsibility over our destinies and responsibility for directing and maintaining and creating our own ethical and moral frameworks, which is the most important thing really isn't it because perhaps the greatest insult to humanism is this idea that mankind needs a god in order to have a moral framework.”
“Reforms come from the bottom. No man with four aces requests a new deal.”
“The sun shines equally on diamond and charcoal, but the former has developed qualities that enable it to reflect the sunlight brilliantly, while the latter is unable to reflect the sunlight. Emulate the diamond in your dealings with people. Brightly reflect the light of God's love.”
“I'm not trying to write for the masses. I don't care.”
“There is one certain means by which I can be sure never to see my country's ruin: I will die in the last ditch.”
“The point is to expand the scope of what a movie can possibly mean or be, to get people involved because they're artistic or understand the point of the material, not just because they fit a certain bill aesthetically.”
“A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.”
“When you speak a new language you must see if you can translate all of the poetry of your old language into the new one.”

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