"I'm not really sure which parts of myself are real and which parts are things I've gotten from books."

-- Beatrice Sparks

#Real Quotes #Book Quotes

“I know a lot of famous people didn't do well at school, like James Brown; he dropped out in fifth grade to be an entertainer, I respect that... but that's not going to be me. I'm not going to be able to do anything but work as hard as possible all the time and compete with everyone I know all the time to make it.”
“In London, Man is the most secret animal on earth.”

Source : Laurie Lee (2015). “I Can't Stay Long”, p.43, Penguin UK
“Trust is a skill, one that is an aspect of virtually all human practices, cultures, and relationships.”

Source : Robert C. Solomon, Fernando Flores (2003). “Building Trust: In Business, Politics, Relationships, and Life”, p.174, Oxford University Press
“The difference between PR and social media is that PR is about positioning, and social media is about becoming, being and improving.”
“Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.”

Source : "Margot Fonteyn : Autobiography‎" by Margot Fonteyn, (p. 81), 1975.
“God does not create poverty; we do, because we do not share.”
“The specter of color is apparent even when it goes unmentioned, and it is all too often the unseen force that influences public policy as well as private relationships. There is nothing more remarkable than the ingenuity that the various demarcations of the color line reflect. If only the same creative energy could be used to eradicate the color line; then its days would indeed be numbered.”
“Sometimes an active policy is best advanced by doing nothing until the right time - or never.”

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