"Even in a jungle, lovely flowers will spring up here and there, such being the fecundity of nature, and however badly our pastors and masters run our society, however much they pull to pieces that which they claim to be keeping intact, nature remains fecund, human beings are born with human traits, sometimes human strength outweighs human weakness, and human grace shows itself amid human ugliness. â€˜In the bloodiest times,â€™ as our play has it, â€˜there are kind people.â€™"

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Source : Eric Bentley (2008). “Bentley on Brecht”, p.200, Northwestern University Press

Eric Bentley

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“The one thing that I have learned from all these projects is that the key to transformative change is to make the system see itself. That's why deep data matters. It matters to the future of our institutions, our societies, and our planet.”

Source : "From Big Data to Deep Data" by Otto Scharmer, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 18, 2014.
“So all things limp together for the only possible.”
“I have a bit of an obsession with the 1950's and all those actors from Montgomery Clift to James Dean and Anthony Perkins. Just that whole era of Tennessee Williams to Elia Kazan.”

Source : Source: www.broadwayworld.com
“A thrilled customer is the most potent marketing asset your organization can leverage.”

Source : "Keeping Customers Is the New Lead Generation" by John Jantsch, www.businessinsider.com. December 5, 2011.
“Not that I want to put the entire rap music style down - I just don't like it. And I know somewhere there's gotta be another guy like that. There's gotta be a guy just like that - just like me. There's gotta be somebody, somewhere... Maybe, maybe an assassin type.”
“Don't say that you are a victim if you let somebody manipulate you.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“The public is a monster and that is why I am not eager to return to the stage.”
“I don't think that anyone can prepare for raising a child. I think it's one of those jobs that is far more overwhelming than you could ever expect and far more satisfying than you can ever expect.”

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