"The duty of a toastmaster is to be so dull that the succeeding speakers will appear brilliant by contrast."

-- Clarence Budington Kelland

#Dull Quotes #Succeed Quotes #Brilliant Quotes

“I believe that this world was set about for us to enjoy and to love and to experience and to have it all be, to a certain extent, unpredictable. Ever since I was a child I have believed that my life has been guided.”

Source : Judith Jamison (1993). “Dancing Spirit: An Autobiography”, Doubleday Books
“When I was just a kid, growing up in Brooklyn, I was constantly making home videos with my family â€“ real silly high-concept productions like, 'Attack of the Killer Handkerchief.' I guess I knew even then that I wanted to be an actress.”
“I hadn't fully realized just how powerful words could be before this. Whoever came up with the saying 'sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me' was talking out of his or her armpit.”

Source : Malorie Blackman (2007). “Black & White”, p.60, Simon and Schuster
“Try to learn as fast as you can from the wizards and then steal what you can appropriate from them and use it to modernize your existing business model (without disrupting it).”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“Falsehood is the jockey of misfortune.”
“No one ever has time to examine himself honestly, and most people look no further than their neighbors' eyes, in which they may see their own reflection.”
“Why, so soon as French Canadians, who are in a minority in this House and in the country, were to organise as a political party, they would compel the majority to organise as a political party, and the result must be disastrous to themselves.”

Source : "Wilfrid Laurier on the Platform".
“There is no option but to transform our world to a zero carbon future. We will fight to ensure that no one is left behind. This report breaks new ground and gives workers and businesses the confidence that there can be an economic plan which creates jobs and sets our planet on the course for survival.”

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