"Time by itself means nothing, no matter how fast it moves, unless we give it something to carry for us; something we value. Because it is such a precious vehicle, is time."

-- Ama Ata Aidoo

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“A very good case can be made, on moral as well as economic grounds, for a system in which the individual is required to stand on his own feet, not to lean on the state for handouts. Character, resourcefulness, capacity are formed and developed in struggle with obstacles, not in waiting passively for benefits from outside.”
“Islam does give human dignity, certainly. The point I wanted to make is that it is great foolishness to try to impose our notions of democracy. They have their own traditions.”
“I'm either going to go completely mental, completely bankrupt, or have the best success of my life.”
“I moved to New York between my junior and senior years of high school to just see what it was like, to go to a modeling agency and see how to get representation.”

Source : "Teri Polo: Teri on a Tear". Interview with Dennis Hensley, movieline.com. September 1, 2001.
“The Korean economic miracle was the result of a clever and pragmatic mixture of market incentives and state direction.”

Source : Ha-Joon Chang (2007). “Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism”, Bloomsbury Press
“â€œI winked and locked my arm in Carter's, and we stood there, watching Dean stroll away. "You know the guy's never gonna give up," Carter nudged me, letting out a sigh. "We'd have really pretty babies, huh?" "Yup. They'd be rad little Brangelinas, running around tearing the place up." "Yeah, you're right. My rejection is such a disservice to the world..."”
“No man is really changed by success. What happens is that success works on the manâ€™s personality like a truth drug, bringing him out of the closet and revealingâ€¦ what was always inside his head.”
“Climate helps to shape the character of peoples, certainly no people more than the English. The uncertainty of their climate has helped to make the English, a long-suffering, phlegmatic, patient people rather insensitive to surprise, stoical against storms,. slightly incredulous at every appearance of the sun, touched by the lyrical gratitude of someone who expects nothing and suddenly receives more than he dreamed.”

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