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#Morning Quotes #Perspective Quotes #May Quotes
“The 21st century looks different. It's been very disruptive. It has created a lot of insecurity. We have to adjust to that, because the 21st century has real promise. Now, the higher-paying jobs of this new century are fantastic. The problem is, you have to have some level of higher education, maybe not a four-year degree, but some level of higher education, to get those jobs.”
“My father wasn't a very good lawyer. He thought the law was sacred and something that was meant to help people. He didn't charge people like he should have... which is why I was allowed to play bars and strip joints when I was 14.”
“Social media is the greatest boon to journalism since the printing press.”
“The greatest demand is not to demand anything, and the greatest service of love is not to turn it into a business: "You kiss me, I'll bring flowers to you. I brought flowers to you, why didn't you kiss me?"-your American way.”
“I, myself, often wished to be spared the expectation of better days ahead or such.”
“It's not an easy thing to be let go.”
“I understood when I was just a child that without water, everything dies. I didn't understand until much later that no one "owns" water. It might rise on your property, but it just passes through. You can use it, and abuse it, but it is not yours to own. It is part of the global commons, not "property" but part of our life support system.”
Source : Marq De Villiers (2001). “Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource”, p.14, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I had concussions as a kid playing football and basketball, and know what it feels like and to have someone say 'Just rub some dirt on it, and get back in there.'”
Elise M. Boulding Author
Hazel Henderson Author
Joseph Rotblat Physicist
Richard A. Falk Professor
Tadatoshi Akiba Japanese Politician
