"It's really a pity that there are observers who view political events like comic strips. There has to be a Zorro, there has to be a star. No, the problem of Upper Volta is more serious than that. It was a grave mistake to have looked for a man, a star, at all costs, to the point of creating one, that is, to the point of attributing the ownership of the event to captain Sankara, who must have been the brains, etc."

-- Thomas Sankara

#Stars Quotes #Mistake Quotes #Men Quotes

“Love is the best medicine, and there is more than enough to go around once you open your heart.”
“Taking the decision-making process away from people disempowers them. It also makes them much less likely to buy into the decision, however right it may be. Oneâ€™s own conscience remains the ultimate arbiter.”
“You can't take this speck of dust in this midst of all this incredible panorama of birth and complexifying and say...this is the only place that [life] happens. It's like turning your back on the whole idea of growth and evolution.”
“You have two choices in life. You either die or do something with your time. You're going to be doing something - why not write?”
“We're going to step on the field knowing that every team we're going against is going to push their game to that whole new level that we probably hadn't seen. ... We've just got to be ready to step up with them”
“A good teacher creates an environment which allows the student to succeed.”

Source : Bill Parcells (1995). “Finding a Way to Win: The Principles of Leadership, Teamwork, and Motivation”, Doubleday Books
“The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors.”
“My mom and father are extremely proud. They love it when I don't die. I've done so many movies where I've died that their first question when I book a job is, 'So, are you going to die in this?”

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