"We don't need a melting pot in this country, folks. We need a salad bowl. In a salad bowl, you put in the different things. You want the vegetables â€” the lettuce, the cucumbers, the onions, the green peppers â€” to maintain their identity. You appreciate differences."

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Jane Elliott

#Country Quotes #Vegetables Quotes #Differences Quotes

“I'll be the light in the window.”
“I have the deepest regret about 9/11. Sept. 11, 2001, was one of the most difficult days I've ever had. I was in Lima, Peru, and had to fly back eight hours not knowing what happened in my own country, knowing thousands of my fellow citizens had died.”
“There are people who think that we cannot rule ourselves because the few times we tried, we failed, as if all the others who rule themselves today got it right the first time. It is like telling a crawling baby who tries to walk, and then falls back on his buttocks, to stay there. As if the adults walking past him did not crawl, once”
“There is no sound more annoying than the chatter of a child, and none more sad than the silence they leave when they are gone.”
“The Small Business 'common app' would function much like the one that students complete to apply to multiple colleges and universities simultaneously. It would ensure that small businesses across the country can concentrate on growing and creating jobs - not wasting time, filling out mountains of repetitive paperwork.”

Source : "All-in-one stop for small business". www.politico.com. May 16, 2012.
“What is dishonestly got vanishes in profligacy.”
“A small mind is obstinate. A great mind can lead and be led.”

Source : Alexander Cannon (2012). “The Invisible Influence”, p.6, David & Charles
“When you write biographies, whether it's about Ben Franklin or Einstein, you discover something amazing: They are human.”

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