"I think it's a terrible mistake to only think in terms of a degree "buying" you something."

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Source : "Ask the Author Live: Rebecca Mead". Live chat, www.newyorker.com. May 28, 2010.

Rebecca Mead

#Mistake Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Degrees Quotes

“I bear my humble witness to you that the great God of heaven will open doors and means in a way we never would have supposed, to help all those who truly want a years supplyâ€¦All we have to do is to decide, commit to it, and then keep the commitment. Miracles will take placeâ€¦”
“I remember I grew up in a poor family and we had almost nothing and we were not treated very well by our family. There was no safe haven for us. But somehow we always managed to be happy.”
“I've always been interested in people that you wouldn't see otherwise. If you look back at my books, photographs, and films-and since I'm doing this retrospective I've been forced to look back-the work is always about a small group of people who are somewhat isolated, and who you would never see if I didn't film or photograph them.”
“Our musical alphabet is poor and illogical.”

Source : Edgard Varèse lecture, edited by Chou Wen-Chung, published in: "391", Nr. 5. Translated by Louise Varèse; Quoted in: "Classic Essays on Twentieth-Century Music: A Continuing Symposium" (1996), June 17, 1917.
“The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our great-grandfather, Uthman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a change of power. We use the minorities of the North as willing tools and the South as a conquered territory and never allow them to rule over us, and never allow them to have control over their future.”
“I long to see Christians get beyond themselves and start seeing the glory of God as it pertains to their own life. We need great people who understand that their success is wrapped up in the sovereignty of God. If we can do that, a faith, power, energy and zeal will emerge that will take us forward in the things of the Holy Spirit. We must become overwhelmed with who God wants to be for us!”

Source : FaceBook post by Graham Cooke from Jan 16, 2014
“I am inclined to think from my own experience that the difficulty to eminence lies not in the road, but in the timidity of the traveler.”

Source : Washington Allston (1993). “The Correspondence of Washington Allston”, p.15, University Press of Kentucky
“For a long time I did not want to do television because I did not want to get stuck playing the same person. I wanted the ongoing challenge of a variety of roles.”

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