"I would rather make my name than inherit it."

-- William Makepeace Thackeray

#Inspirational Quotes #Attitude Quotes #Names Quotes

“I think rap music is the sole reason for a lot of black acceptance in pop culture; because the music is very popular, it gets our image out in other ways than in movies.”
“If I had been more self-conscious about being a woman, it would have stifled me.”
“Once freedom is equated with a certain material standard of living, confiscation becomes the path to liberation.”
“Social media is the democratization of information, transforming people from content readers into publishers. It is the shift from a broadcast mechanism, one-to-many, to a many-to-many model, rooted in conversations between authors, people and peers.”
“The dog [in Pavlov's experiments] does not continue to salivate whenever it hears a bell unless sometimes at least an edible offering accompanies the bell. But there are innumerable instances in human life where a single association, never reinforced, results in the establishment of a life-long dynamic system. An experience associated only once with a bereavement, an accident, or a battle, may become the center of a permanent phobia or complex, not in the least dependent on a recurrence of the original shock.”

Source : John Lukacs (1970). “The Passing of the Modern Age”
“An enemy who sees the error of his ways ceases to be an enemy.”
“Thoughts about myself hinder my usefulness to God.”

Source : Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.693, Discovery House
“It's a nice visual. I had just done Blade and I put on more weight for Blade and I thought I might as well use it so I kept it and added a little more. I wanted him to be a big bear.”

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