"We often have an exaggerated sense of what nonprofits and governments are doing to help the poor, but the really inspiring thing is how much the poor are doing to help themselves."

-- Katherine Boo

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“I'm a huge breast cancer awareness advocate because my mom went through breast cancer recently. It really brought our family closer.”
“Environmentalists and rank and file timber workers becoming allies is the most dangerous thing in the world to the timber industry!”
“There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.”
“I'm like a tourist when I'm in London.”
“There are two aspects to being competitive; one is to do with sports, and the other is about technical skills. Being able to recollect the moves and apply them when necessary is a critical aspect.”
“Thirty-nine was the best year of my life earnings-wise. I paid off my mortgage and felt a massive sense of achievement.”
“There are no idealists in the plant world and no compassion. The rose and the morning glory know no mercy. Bindweed, the morning glory, will quickly choke its competitors to death, and the fencerow rose will just as quietly crowd out any other plant that tried to share its roothold. Idealism and mercy are human terms and human concepts.”
“One of the top causes of startup death - right after cofounder problems - is building something no one wants.”

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