"Those with power are frequently least aware of -- or least willing to acknowledge -- its existence [and] those with less power are often most aware of its existence."

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Source : Lisa Delpit (2013). “Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom”, p.37, The New Press

Lisa Delpit

#Ignorance Quotes #Power Quotes #Existence Quotes

“Science, while it penetrates deeply the system of things about us, sees everywhere, in the dim limits of vision, the word mystery.”

Source : James Dwight Dana (1875). “Corals and Coral Islands”, p.2
“I'm just a loud Irish guy.”
“Whether you fail or set the world on fire cannot make so very much difference if only you have the opportunity to try for it, to work for it, to think of nothing else!”
“Exercising adaptive leadership is about giving meaning to your life beyond your own ambition.”

Source : Ronald A. Heifetz, Marty Linsky, Alexander Grashow (2014). “Adaptive Leadership: The Heifetz Collection (3 Items)”, p.320, Harvard Business Review Press
“I'm becoming more adventurous.”
“It could be disastrous to speak your mind while you are deep in thought.”
“Television allowed me to kick the Hollywood habit of typing an actor in certain roles.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“You expect success, you respect failure.”

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