"Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets."

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Source : Edna Ferber (1952). “Giant”

Edna Ferber

#Inspirational Quotes #Women Quotes #Memorable Quotes

“The dominating thoughts of my mind... will transform themselves into physical reality”
“Religion is one dimension of culture, a transcendent element of it.”
“A man does not have to go and find where his eyes are in order to see. The heart is there, always open to you, if you care to enter it, always supporting your movements, although you may be unaware of it. It is perhaps more correct to say that the Self is the Heart. Really the Self is the centre and is everywhere aware of itself as the Heart or Self-awareness.”
“I can use the teachings of [Charles] Darwin to promote communism.”
“Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.”
“I believe one of the requirements of good leadership is the ability to listen - really listen - to those in your organization. An effective leader is very good at listening, and it's difficult to listen when you are talking.”
“You play crotch roulette, you're gonna hit double zero once in a while.”
“Build your architecture from what is beneath your feet.”

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