"An invention has to make sense in the world it finishes in, not in the world it started."

-- Tim O'Reilly

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“What I know for sure is that behind every catastrophe, there are great lessons to be learned. Among the many that we as a country need to get is that as long as we play the "us and them" game, we don't evolve as people, as a nation, as a planet.”
“Even in the sad songs, I want people to know that it won't always be like that.”
“It's something I think probably every football team and sports team in America deals with is having people get out of their comfort zone and being courageous enough to fix other people and not just focus on themselves.”

Source : Source: www.chicagotribune.com
“Never worry about what anyone else is doing...Just swim your own race.”
“At lunchtime the place is jumping, while at night the dining rooms could have been rented out for chess tournaments.”
“I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court.”

Source : Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mignon McCarthy (1990). “Kareem”, Random House Incorporated
“To be outspoken when truth is under attack, when charity is being bruise, or when important issues of life are at stake is a good and courageous thing. To be outspoken when nothing is at stake except the feelings of someone else is a small and contemptible thing.”

Source : Lawrence G. Lovasik (1999). “The Hidden Power of Kindness: A Practical Handbook for Souls who Dare to Transform the World, One Deed at a Time”, p.140, Sophia Institute Press
“I've always said Thomas Edison invented the movie camera to show people killing and kissing.”

Source : "Quentin Tarantino shooting Kill Bill 3 in 15 years" by Brian B., movieweb.com. June 21, 2004.

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