"I could've just walked away but I never could have forgiven myself to allow Starbucks to drift into mediocrity or not be relevant. I just couldn't be a bystander."

-- Howard Schultz

#Bystanders Quotes #Mediocrity Quotes #Starbucks Quotes

“I'm not trying to run away from my fans at all. I want them to grow with me.”
“One of the powerful functions of a library-any library-lies in its ability to take us away from worlds that are familiar and comfortable and into ones which we can neither predict nor control, to lead us down new roads whose contours and vistas provide us with new perspectives.”
“I think when you're looking for people to interview, you want to make it fair and honest. You're not just bringing people on so you can beat them up or, you know, make fools out of them or something”
“If you want to write you should learn the alphabet. You write and write and in the end you hava a beautiful, perfect alphabet. But it isnâ€™t the alphabed that is important. The important thing is what you are writing, what you are expressing. The same thing goes for photography. Photographs can be technically perfect and even beautiful, but they have no expression.”
“I'm a book girl--I love all the stories the world has to offer. No matter the book, I will taste it and drink it down.”

Source : Mizuki Nomura (2012). “Book Girl and the Famished Spirit (light novel)”, p.124, Hachette UK
“Our culture's tolerance wears thin when religion intrudes on the public discourse... Our schools, courtrooms, and libraries set the tone for the entire society. The message they currently communicate is harsh and unambiguous: religion is offensive and should be kept out of public view.”
“Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot.”
“Lack of documentation is becoming a problem for acceptance.”

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