"A man must make of his life a ladder that he never ceases to climb -- if you're not rising, you are slipping down the rungs, my friend."

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Source : John Shirley (2011). “BioShock: Rapture”, p.32, Macmillan

John Shirley

#Men Quotes #Rising Quotes #Ladders Quotes

“I think most Americans believe that although it's better not to use military force if you can avoid it, that the world simply doesn't provide us the luxury of giving away military force as an important tool of foreign policy.”
“Communication is vital when it comes to excelling in the workplace and in your personal relationships.”

Source : "Millennial Expert Chelsea Krost: Success, Social Media, and Unplugging". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“There isn't a story written that isn't about blood and money. People and their relationship to each other is the blood, the family. And how they live, the money of it.”
“Again, let's pay all due respect to De Palma and put him over here so we're not saying, "Mine's deeper, mine's better." Let's just say, in reading the book, what I fell in love with was this mother-daughter story that was so amazing and so profound.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Information technology alone cannot provide us an absolute shield against its evil twin disinformation technology. Our only protection is law, and that protection is available to us only if legitimate governments have the power to govern.”
“What is technically called the 'fungibility' of money, is its chief value as an article of commerce; and this fact could not long remain recognized, even by such a conservative class as legal officials.”

Source : "A Short History Of The English Law" by Edward Jenks.Fiirst edition, ch. V, The Law Of Chattels, p. 58., 1912.
“Why does every black person in the movies have to play a servant? How about a black person walking up the steps of a courthouse carrying a briefcase?”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“You have to be proud of who you are.”

Source : Interview with Daniela Province, www.sfgate.com. April 12, 2009.

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