"the trouble with a woman standing behind her man is that she can't see where she is going!"

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Source : Johnnetta B. Cole (2011). “Conversations: Straight Talk with America's Sister President”, p.104, Anchor

Johnnetta B. Cole

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“To see your country being destroyed from afar - it's very hard to only watch and do nothing. My writing is the only way to address my feelings about this disaster and to at least try to find a solution as a writer. I know I have limits. But I have to do my best as a writer.”
“We of America are especially fitted to visualize and to understand the marvellous transformation of a wilderness into a land of splendid cities.”

Source : James Henry Breasted (1919). “The Origins of Civilization”
“Humility is the true key to success. Successful people lose their way at times. They often embrace and overindulge from the fruits of success. Humility halts this arrogance and self-indulging trap. Humble people share the credit and wealth, remaining focused and hungry to continue the journey of success.”
“When the mind grasps the universe, the senses retreat.”

Source : "The Prajna-sutras: Aphorisms of Intuition". Book by Subhash Kak, 2007.
“We can never see the world other than incompletely: deliberately to see it as incomplete is to create an artistic aspect.”

Source : Egon Friedell (2008). “A Cultural History of the Modern Age Vol. 1: Renaissance and Reformation”, p.15, Transaction Publishers
“Another thing I like about German cities - and it's an advantage which they haven't sufficiently exploited yet - is that they are pioneers when it comes to environmental technologies. And green solutions are becoming more and more important.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“Refuse to let your situation determine your attitude.”
“But I didn't know what to say to him. What do you say to a man that by his own admission has no soul? Why would you say anything?”

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