"You can't hammer tin into iron, no matter how hard you beat it, but that doesn't mean it's useless."

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George R. R. Martin

#Inspiration Quotes #Mean Quotes #Iron Quotes

“The greatest efforts in sports came when the mind is as still as a glass lake.”
“I have been a strong proponent of pay-as-you-go. Every dollar that I've proposed, I've proposed an additional cut so that it matches.”
“I think I've got some more big plays left in me.”
“In writing and speaking, three is more satisfying than any other number.”

Source : Carmine Gallo (2014). “Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds”, p.195, St. Martin's Press
“Intriguingly, in poll after poll, when Americans are asked what public institutions they most respect, three bodies are always at the top of their list: the Supreme Court, the armed forces, and the Federal Reserve System. All three have one thing in common: they are insulated from the public pressures and operate undemocratically. It would seem that Americans admire these institutions, precisely because they lead rather than follow.”
“This submission to the threshold of a cross is at the very root of our following Jesus; it changes the game completely.”
“We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind. Mind is your only ruler, sovereign. The man who is not able to develop and use his mind is bound to be the slave of the other man who uses his mind.”

Source : Marcus Garvey (1991). “The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers”, p.791, Univ of California Press
“Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.”

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