"Those who would judge us merely by the heights we have achieved would do well to remember the depths from which we started."

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Source : Kwame Nkrumah (1968). “Dark days in Ghana”, Lawrence & Wishart

Kwame Nkrumah

#Success Quotes #Judging Quotes #Depth Quotes

“No, I'm not a very methodologically pure actor.”
“My experience in Amsterdam is that cyclists ride where the hell they like and aim in a state of rage at all pedestrians while ringing their bell loudly, the concept of avoiding people being foreign to them.”
“And why should we, of all people, expect the proud new developing nations to see the world precisely as we see it? Was any new nation ever more outspoken, independent and unaligned than the young America of Jefferson, Jackson, and Lincoln?”

Source : "The Conscience of a Liberal". Book by Chester Bowles, 1962.
“Science and religion are not antagonists. On the contrary, they are sisters. While science tries to learn more about the creation, religion tries to better understand the Creator. While through science man tries to harness the forces of nature around him, through religion he tries to harness the force of nature within him.”
“Part of the reason why I love acting is that you do hope that somehow your work will connect to people and somehow expand their consciousness somewhat, and being able to challenge notions of prejudice through work - through my work - is really thrilling.”
“Customs, morals â€” is there a difference? Woman, do you realize what you are doing? Here, by the grace of God and an inside straight, we have a personality untouched by the psychotic taboos of our tribe â€” and you want to turn him into a carbon copy of every fourth-rate conformist in this frightened land! Why don't you go whole hog? Get him a brief case and make him carry it wherever he goes â€” make him feel shame if he doesn't have it.”
“I've a neater, sweeter maiden in a cleaner, greener land!”
“I think I'm better wired for television. I love variety as far as a project. I'm easily bored and the schedule of a television show, it just keeps you going.”

Source : "Brad Garrett Gives Us the Goods on 'Til Death". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. April 16, 2008.

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