"You shouldn't take pride in your natural talents any more than you should take pride in your sex, your race or color of your hair"

-- Marcus Buckingham

#Sex Quotes #Humility Quotes #Pride Quotes

“I smiled, danced and cried my way out.”
“I don't fear failure because if you don't fail, you would not know the secret of success.”
“In autism there is just genes in part more or less of a probability that you will have the disorder, and that is where interactions with the environment are key.”

Source : "Big Think Panel Discussion on Autism". Interview with Susan Wilczynski, bigthink.com.
“Art is one of man's few serious activities.”
“Americans did not acquire their fear neurosis as the result of a traumatic experience - war devasting their country, pestilence sweeping the land, famine wiping out helpless millions. Americans had to be taught to hate and fear an unseen enemy. The teachers were men in official positions, in government, men whom Americans normally trust without question.”

Source : Martha Gellhorn (2015). “The View From The Ground”, p.154, Granta Books
“Nobody in the world can succeed alone.”

Source : "Want to help someone? Shut up and listen!". TED Talks, www.ted.com. September 2012.
“So there are two separate tracks. One track is for the Syrian government and the opposition that is interested in a peaceful future of Syria to come together for national unity, for the political process. At the same time, it is a requirement for everybody to stop supporting the extremist groups, to stop allowing them safe passage, to stop allowing them to receive weapons, to stop allowing them to receive financial assistance, and to come together in actually fighting them.”

Source : "Iran's Javad Zarif on Syria, Russia, and Donald Trump". Interview with Robin Wright, www.newyorker.com. December 18, 2015.
“Never mishandle hope or self-confidence - those are elements of life, not just a game.”

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