"We may admire people for being wise, but we like them best when they are foolish."

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Source : Mary Russell Mitford (1870). “The Life of Mary Russell Mitford ; Related in an Selection from Her Letters to Her Friends. Ed. by A.G. Estrange”, p.21

Mary Russell Mitford

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“A fruit salad is delicious precisely because each fruit maintains its own flavor.”
“You can root for someone who's imperfect.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com
“Lastly, we must be holy, because without holiness on earth - we will never be prepared to enjoy Heaven. ...I do not know what others may think - but to me it does seem clear that Heaven would be a miserable place to an unholy man. It cannot be otherwise. People may say in a vague way, that they "hope to go to Heaven, but they do not consider what they say. There must be a certain "fitness for the inheritance of the saints in light.”
“And so the dentist says 'Rinse.' So you lean over, and you're lookin' at this miniature toilet bowl.”
“I understand now my father really thought he was doing me good. Education means a lot to Palestinians. Weâ€™ve become some of the most educated people in the world through our diaspora. Weâ€™ve had to be. When you ainâ€™t got land, your degree may be your only solid ground. May father felt (feels) that being a doctor would give me security. How can I explain that Iâ€™m not safe from anything if I donâ€™t write?”
“The other day I found her passport in her drawer when I was putting away my dad's laundered handkerchiefs. I wish I hadn't. For the purpose of my story, she should have it with her. I sat on my dad's bed and flipped through page after empty page. No stamps. No exotic locales. No travel-worn smudges or creases. Just the ID information and my mother's black-and-white photo which if it were used in a psychology textbook on the meaning of facial expressions would be labelled: Obscenely, heartbreakingly hopeful.”

Source : Miriam Toews (2004). “A Complicated Kindness: A Novel”, A.A. Knopf Canada
“We know it (meat eating) is indisputably the number one cause of global warming. So what does it mean exactly to be an environmentalist on a daily basis if you are not thinking about the number one cause of global warming or one of the top two or three causes of all other environmental problems? Does it mean you are necessarily someone who doesn't care about the environment? Obviously not, but it might mean you have a blind spot for something big.”
“Today when I think about diversity, I actually think about the word 'inclusion.' And I think this is a time of great inclusion. It's not men, it's not women alone. Whether it's geographic, it's approach, it's your style, it's your way of learning, the way you want to contribute, it's your age - it is really broad.”

Source : "IBM's Ginni Rometty on leadership". Interview with John Huey, fortune.com. October 2, 2012.

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