"If everyone played it safe, we wouldn't get anywhere."

-- Vinod Khosla

“Never go to clubs with metal detectors. Sure it feels safe inside. But what about all those ***** waiting outside with guns? They know you ain't got one.”
“Laughter keeps you healthy. You can survive by seeing the humor in everything. Thumb your nose at sadness; turn the tables on tragedy. You canâ€™t laugh and be angry, you canâ€™t laugh and feel sad, you canâ€™t laugh and feel envious.”
“Communism is like one big phone company.”
“Networking is simply the cultivating of mutually beneficial, give and take, win-win relationships. It works best, however, when emphasizing the "give" part.”
“Real French people don't bake! At least they don't bake anything complicated, finicky, tricky or unreliable.”

Source : Dorie Greenspan (2014). “Baking Chez Moi: Recipes from My Paris Home to Your Home Anywhere”, p.2, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Be sure they sleep not whom God needs.”
“I'm neither giving up nor giving in.”

Source : "Charlton Heston Makes Statement About Alzheimer's". "CNN News" with Fredricka Whitfield, transcripts.cnn.com. August 9, 2002.
“The transition to a low-carbon economy will be one of the defining issues of the 21st century. This plan sets out a route-map for the UK's transition from here to 2020...every business, every community will need to be involved. Together we can create a more secure, more prosperous low carbon Britain and a world which is sustainable for future generations.”

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