"I look under the skin of countries' economies, and I help them make better decisions and be stronger, to prosper and create employment."

-- Christine Lagarde

#Country Quotes #Decision Quotes #Skins Quotes

“The symbiotic relationship between reading and writing is a cornerstone of our individual intellectual journey and our educational system. We write as an act of self-expression. We read because language renders unto us the vitality of real and imagined experience.”

Source : Marita Golden (2011). “The Word: Black Writers Talk About the Transformative Power of Reading and Writing”, p.5, Broadway Books
“The patterns have become unmistakable and undeniable. ... We have to come to terms with some hard truths about race and justice in America.”
“You must practice to be able to return to essential principles at any moment.”

Source : "Ki Sayings". Book by Koichi Tohei, Chapter 28, 2003.
“I wanted to pay tribute to my musical influences: Buffalo Springfield, Lightfoot, the Beatles, the Hollies.”
“Egotist: 1. A person who is his own best friend. 2. An I specialist. 3. A man whose opinions all change, except the one he has of himself.”
“One thing we have lost, that we had in the past, is a sense of progress, that things are getting better. There is a sense of volatility, but not of progress.”
“It's turned into a world of amateurs. There are amateur actors making millions of dollars, amateur cinematographers, amateur directors... Jesus, these amateur directors can get deals for anything. Another comic book? Oh, very good.”
“Never, ever lose hope. We must not lose hope.”

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