"Publicity, discussion, and agitation are necessary to accomplish any work of lasting benefit."

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Source : Robert M. La Follette, Sr.'s speech in Evansville, Indiana (July 7, 1906), as quoted in Michael Wolraich "Unreasonable Men: Theodore Roosevelt and the Republican Rebels Who Created Progressive Politics", July 22, 2014.

Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

#Benefits Quotes #Publicity Quotes #Agitation Quotes

“When faced by any loss, thereâ€™s no point in trying to recover what has been, itâ€™s best to take advantage of the large space that opens up before us and fill it with something new.”
“Now I can show you my true nature.”
“The job of a manager is to support his or her staff, not vice versa, and that begins by being among them.”
“In the animation world, people who understand pencils and paper usually aren't computer people, and the computer people usually aren't the artistic people, so they always stand on opposite sides of the line.”

Source : Interview with Kenneth Plume, www.ign.com. June 14, 2000.
“There's this index that tallies up how much your movies have made, and if they haven't grossed a certain amount, then you're not bankable. I know I'm not Will Smith but, you know, my ranking's pretty low. The only studio picture I've done is 'Zodiac,' and that didn't perform that well.”
“The Stalker seems to be weak, but essentially it is he who is invincible because of his faith and his will to serve others.”
“The prosperity of the second half of the twentieth century was both a cause and an effect of social and scientific breakthroughs that have redefined human life. The biggest change is simply that people live longer and have far more freedom to think about things other than staying alive.”

Source : David Bornstein (2004). “How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas”, p.6, Oxford University Press, USA
“I have always believed that anybody with a little guts and the desire to apply himself can make it, can make anything he wants to make of himself.”

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