"Were all men equal to-night, some would get the start by rising an hour earlier to-morrow."

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Source : Elizabeth Gaskell (1872). “Mary Barton a Tale of Manchester Life by Mrs. Gaskell”, p.315

Elizabeth Gaskell

#Equality Quotes #Night Quotes #Men Quotes

“Design must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business but above all... good design must primarily serve people.”
“In the firm belief that the American public deserves a better explanation than that thus far given by the Air Force, I strongly recommend that there be a committee investigation of the UFO phenomena. I think we owe it to the people to establish credibility regarding UFOs, and to produce the greatest possible enlightenment of the subject.”
“Influences come from everywhere but when you are actually shooting you work primarily by instinct. But what is instinct? It is a lifetime accumulation of influence: experience, knowledge, seeing and hearing. There is little time for reflection in taking a photograph. All your experiences come to a peak and you work on two levels: conscious and unconscious.”
“Be honest about what you see, get out of the way and let the story reveal itself”
“Among the reasons people keep sad stories to themselves is that they do not want anyone to feel sorry for them.”

Source : Judith Moore (2005). “Fat Girl: A True Story”, p.156, Penguin
“I've never really collected anything other than old Atari cartridges. I only had, like, 12 Atari games as a kid, so at some point in my 20s I decided I was going to own all of them.”
“Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it's not one bit better than the government we got for one-third the money twenty years ago.”
“In the large buy out space, which is where we (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) focus our efforts, there are relatively few firms with the capital, experience, infrastructure and networks to compete effectively with the large complex companies that we seek to acquire.”

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