"In the future the question will not be, "Are people credit-worthy", but rather, "Are banks people-worthy?""

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Source : Twitter post from Feb 27, 2012

Muhammad Yunus

#People Quotes #Poverty Quotes #Credit Quotes

“Life sometimes gets so bogged down in the details, you forget you are living it. There is always another appointment to be met, another bill to pay, another symptom presenting, another uneventful day to be notched onto the wooden wall. We have synchronized our watches, studied our calendars, existed in minutes, and completely forgotten to step back and see what we've accomplished.”

Source : Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.352, Simon and Schuster
“Sometimes, niÃ±a, our greatest gifts grow from what we are not given.”
“If people don't like the history, I'm sorry.”
“Why should we faint and fear to live alone,Since all alone, so Heaven has willed, we die?Nor even the tenderest heart, and next our own,Knows half the reasons why we smile and sigh.”

Source : John Keble (1874). “The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays Throughout the Year”, p.185
“A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of translations.”
“Unlike the stage, I never found it helpful to be good in a bad movie.”
“It's very important that young artists push boundaries, because sometimes you have this urge to do something - like the impulsive and dangerous urges I had as a child - and if you don't follow through with it you might miss out on a developmental experience.”
“We already get more energy from Canada than from any other foreign country.”

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