"I started reading the big histories and the small histories, the memoirs and so forth. At some point, I found the diary of William E. Dodd."

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Erik Larson

#Reading Quotes #Diaries Quotes #Bigs Quotes

“Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.”
“There are good and bad movies, and long ones, and pretentious ones, and fun ones, and it's kind of healthy not just being able to switch off after ten minutes, but have patience.”
“To me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality.”
“It takes 1,000 tons of water to produce 1 ton of grain. As water becomes scarce and countries are forced to divert irrigation water to cities and industry, they will import more grain. As they do so, water scarcity will be transmitted across national borders via the grain trade. Aquifer depletion is a largely invisible threat, but that does not make it any less real.”
“I really don't know anything about music, and it's no great experience for me. But I do think that music has a purifying element.”
“Your history doesn't need to dictate your destiny”
“Every employee must be essential to the functions of the organization.”
“I never look at salaries. I have no aspirations of being a general manager or anything like that, I want to coach. For me there is no dollar signs on the towels, no dollar signs on their jerseys, I will make the decisions based on who is going to make us win. For me, that is my only priority.”

Source : Source: flamesnation.ca

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