"The distraction, particularly of technology, impedes the innovative process. And when you add to that the distraction of working with colleagues who are in different time zones and/or who have a different approach to urgency and distraction, the potential for losing focus is abundant."

“The virtue of the good man is necessarily the same as the virtue of the citizen of the perfect state.”

“My soul is the bridge between spirit and body and, as such, is a uniter of opposites. Without soul at center, I would either transcend into spirit or become mired in matter.”

“Madison Square Garden, November 1984. I don't recall taking too much fear into the ring. I knew I could fight. But I got a big shock. They put me in with this rough, tough veteran called Lionel Byarm. He tested me to the limit. But I fought my heart out and, in the end, I prevailed. The story of my life, in my very first fight.”

Source : FaceBook post by Evander Holyfield from Nov 15, 2015

“I took it all for granted, I'm sorry to say.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

“A woman should be an illusion”

“The Patch I knew didn't run from anyone.”

“He leaned closer, their faces drawing near, and he could feel the heat of her breath mingling with his. He closed his eyes against the memory of a thousand other kisses and touched his lips to hers. He felt a kind of spark, and all at once he felt her slowly coming back to him. She was the arm that held him close in times of trouble, she was the whisper on the pillow beside him at night.”

“People may find it more comfortable to listen to us if we equivocate, but in the long run only words that discomfort them are going to change our situation.”

Source : Barbara Deming (1984). “We Are All Part of One Another: A Barbara Deming Reader”