"If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it."

-- James A. Garfield

#Work Quotes #Skills Quotes #Presidential Quotes

“The best people to love are the ones that you don't have to try to love.”
“In a minimal interior, what you don't do is as important as what you do.”
“Do you suppose the St. Swithin's furnace-man was my one true love? Since I never spoke to him, it seems unlikely, but at least it was a passion unscathed by disappointment.”
“I am very sorry to say that I rejoiced when I once more perceived the towers of Windsor behind me.”

Source : Karl Philipp Moritz (1886). “Travels in England in 1782”
“In the uncertain ebb and flow of time and emotions, much of oneâ€™s life history is etched in the senses. And things of no particular importance, or irreplaceable things, can suddenly resurface in a cafÃ© one winter night.”
“This constitution we designate by the word genotype. The word is entirely independent of any hypothesis; it is fact, not hypothesis that different zygotes arising by fertilisation can thereby have different qualities, that, even under quite similar conditions of life, phenotypically diverse individuals can develop.”
“A political movement must keep in touch with reality and the prevailing conditions. Long speeches, the shaking of fists, the banging of tables, and strongly worded resolutions out of touch with the objective conditions do not bring about mass action and can do a great deal of harm to the organization and the struggle we serve.”
“I would get songs sung to me, like 'Old Man River, 'or kids would call me Mississippi and things like that. At the time, I wished I had a name that blended in more with my surroundings. Now, though, I've really learned to love it. From fifteen, I really liked it. It felt appropriate. Before that, I don't think it quite fitted me. I had to grow into it .”

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