"True as this is, it is also true that for one who won through there were many who gained nothing, and it was, and is, the sheer weight of numbers of those who failed of this that has made their influence on the modern life as pervasive and controlling as it is."

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Source : RALPH ADAMS CRAM (1922). “TOWARDS THE GREAT PEACE”

Ralph Adams Cram

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“To be a housewife is to be a member of a very peculiar occupation, one with characteristics like no other. The nature of the duties to be performed, the method of payment, the form of supervision, the tenure system, the market in which the workers find jobs, and the physical hazzards are all very different from the way things are in other occupations.”
“All my life I've been dealing with my race because of where I grew up [Detroit] and being in the rap game. I'm at a boiling point...Anybody who pulls the race card is getting it right back in their face.”
“I just thought any workout that is effective and I can do while laying down I'm signing up for.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The worth of the state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it.”
“Just the example Delaware State University graduates set by the way they live their lives, should be an inspiration to other high school students to go to Delaware State.”
“I don't understand some people, using biblical terms to criticize me when this is just a game.”
“See what I have to put up with every night?”
“Spiritual leadership is moving people on to God's agenda.”

Source : Henry Blackaby (2006). “Called to Be God's Leader: How God Prepares His Servants for Spiritual Leadership”, p.146, Thomas Nelson Inc

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