"[On Brazil:] In our country everything is weakening. The money is weak. Democracy is weak and the politicians are very weak. Everything that is weak dies one day."

-- Carolina Maria de Jesus

#Country Quotes #Democracy Quotes #One Day Quotes

“Data isn't information. ... Information, unlike data, is useful. While there's a gulf between data and information, there's a wide ocean between information and knowledge. What turns the gears in our brains isn't information, but ideas, inventions, and inspiration. Knowledge-not information-implies understanding. And beyond knowledge lies what we should be seeking: wisdom.”
“Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren't any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn't be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life's challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes that matter in the world come about. So be that one person.”
“Nothing gets me more excited and inspired than something new.”

Source : "Actor Annie Wersching: Losing her mom and the curative powers of a good night's sleep". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“In the mid-nineties, diversity in the fashion/beauty business was hard to come by.”

Source : "Hyeeeee-ya!" by Joy Bryant, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 12, 2008.
“Advertising produces familiarity which produces sales”
“The arts are neglected because they are based on perception, and perception is disdained because it is not assumed to involve thought.”

Source : Rudolf Arnheim (2004). “Visual Thinking”, p.3, Univ of California Press
“If things came easy, then everybody would be great at what they did.”
“I wonder where a guy, an everyday Joe like myself can find a little action.”

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