"When solutions are offered us by the people who originally brought us the problem, we do well to be suspicious."

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Source : Robin Morgan (2014). “The Demon Lover: The Roots of Terrorism”, p.36, Open Road Media

Robin Morgan

#People Quotes #Problem Quotes #Wells Quotes

“What happiness is there which is not purchased with more or less of pain?”
“If I have my health I can carry on. There will be a point when I do quit but I have absolutely no idea when that is.”
“Excellence is never granted to man but as the reward of labor. It argues no small strength of mind to persevere in habits of industry without the pleasure of perceiving those advances, which, like the hand of a clock, whilst they make hourly approaches to their point, yet proceed so slowly as to escape observation.”

Source : Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edward Malone (1867). “The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds: Containing His Discourses, Idlers, A Journey to Flanders and Holland, and His Commentary on Du Fresnoy's Art of Painting; to which is Prefixed an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author by Edward Malone”, p.19
“I found one remaining box of comics which I had saved. When I opened it up and that smell came pouring out, that old paper smell, I was struck by a rush of memories, a sense of my childhood self that seemed to be contained in there.”
“We live in a time where brands are people and people are brands.”

Source : Brian Solis (2014). “The Brian Solis Digital Reader”, p.747, John Wiley & Sons
“Finding a master of the dark art of ninjutsu in modern westernized Japan seems as unlikely as finding an active practitioner of the magic of Merlin in contemporary industrialized England.”
“The debt settlement company will direct you to stop paying your creditor and instead send the money directly to them each month. The company's goal is to demonstrate to your creditor that you don't have the money to pay up - that's your leverage. After a few months, the company will typically go to the creditor and say, "I'm holding X dollars on behalf of your customer. He doesn't have the money to pay you, so you should take this amount as a settlement or you'll end up with nothing." If the creditor wants to get paid badly enough, it will take the money.”

Source : Source: www.nbcnews.com
“If society has a technical need, that helps science forward more than ten universities.”

Source : Paul A. Baran (1968). “Political Econ of Growth”, p.20, NYU Press

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