"The first step is the hardest."

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Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand

#Firsts Quotes #Steps Quotes #First Steps Quotes

“Dancing and ballets would undoubtedly take on a new lease on life, if the customs established by a spirit of fear and jealousy did not in some way close the path of glory...”
“We, as a society, we have PhDs in victimizing a victim.”

Source : "The fight against sex slavery". TED Talk, www.ted.com. November 2009.
“To stand on the firing parapet and expose yourself to danger; to stand and fight a thousand miles from home when you're all alone and outnumbered and probably beaten; to spit on your hands and lower the pike; to stand fast over the body of Leonidas the King; to be rear guard at Kunu-Ri; to stand and be still to the Birkenhead Drill; these are not rational acts. They are often merely necessary.”

Source : "There Will Be War". Book by Jerry Pournelle, 1983.
“When death captures me,' the boy vowed, 'he will feel my fist on his face.' Personally, I quite like that. Such stupid gallantry. Yes. I like that a lot.”
“I have so much satisfaction in my life. I have a beautiful wife and the great stimulation of an interesting career. I'm the most happy fellow that I know.”
“We black men have a hard enough time in our own struggle for justice, and already have enough enemies as it is, to make the drastic mistake of attacking each other and adding more weight to an already unbearable load.”
“The legacy of the embargo will be Cuba's poverty and desperation. When the island comes out of it, they'll be even more desperate than they are now about the things they think they've missed. I think one of the unintended results of the embargo is that Cuba is quite consumerist - and I'm talking about the people, not the government or the official propaganda.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“During difficult economic times, consumers gravitate toward the brands they know, the brands they love and trust.”

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