"Thus I came to condemn capitalism, not through any oppression endured by me personally, but through that very deification of efficiency which capitalism had taught me, for its own purposes."

-- Anna Louise Strong

#Purpose Quotes #Taught Quotes #Oppression Quotes

“Whoever claims to be smart, but does not concentrate on the Hereafter, is lying.”
“We need to promote greater tolerance and understanding among the peoples of the world. Nothing can be more dangerous to our efforts to build peace and development than a world divided along religious, ethnic or cultural lines. In each nation, and among all nations, we must work to promote unity based on our shared humanity.”

Source : "Press Briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva Spokesman for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and by UN agencies". www.un.org. September 16, 2004.
“Nobody knows a hit before it's a hit.”
“My whole life everyone always said 'it can't be done', 'you'll never do it', 'you will fail', 'no one has ever gone from Austria and become a Mr Universe, blah, blah, blah', or when I ran for governor people were sceptical. It was 'you're going to lose' and 'people don't take people from show-business seriously in politics'. So, I've heard all the 'it's impossible' thing but I didn't pay any attention because I believed that I could do it.”
“In my opinion, no young player can develop his or her game to its highest potential if he or she rides around the course in a golf cart.”

Source : Harvey Penick (2011). “Harvey Penick's Little Red Book: Lessons And Teachings From A Lifetime In Golf”, p.115, Simon and Schuster
“Do not study commentaries, lesson helps or other books about the Bible: study the Bible itself. Do not study about the Bible, study the Bible. The Bible is the Word of God, and only the Bible is the Word of God.”
“I started to get grossed out by the armpits.”
“Love brings to light a lover's noble and hidden qualities-his rare and exceptional traits: it is thus liable to be deceptive of his normal qualities.”

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