"I watched a small man with thick calluses on both hands work 15 and 16 hours a day. I saw him once literally bleed from the bottoms of his feet, a man who came here uneducated, alone, unable to speak the language, who taught me all I needed to know about faith and hard work by the simple eloquence of his example."

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Source : 1984 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 16 July 1984, San Francisco, CA

Mario Cuomo

#Inspirational Quotes #Hard Work Quotes #Simple Quotes

“It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.”
“My stepfather introduced me to The London Library when I was about 18; the clientele has definitely changed since then, but it is still a wonderful oasis in the middle of London.”
“There is a determined though unseen bravery that defends itself foot by foot in the darkness against the fatal invasions of necessity and dishonesty. Noble and mysterious triumphs that no eye sees, and no fame rewards, and no flourish of triumph salutes. Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields that have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes.”
“The heat of the bread burned into my skin, but I clutched it tighter, clinging to life.”
“I'm not crazy, but it's a crazy life. I was raised in a crazy family and it took 31 years to get the crazy out of me.”
“Journalism is organized gossip.”
“Flying by the seat of your pants precedes crashing by the seat of your pants.”
“Appeal must be to an informed, civically militant electorate.”

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