"The biggest catastrophes that we've witnessed rarely come from information that is secret or hidden. It comes from information that is freely available and out there, but that we are willfully blind to."

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Source : "Is Conflict Good For Progress?". "TED Radio Hour" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. March 11, 2013.

Margaret Heffernan

#Secret Quotes #Information Quotes #Blind Quotes

“Madam, I have come from a country where people are hanged if they talk.”

Source : "Science in Russian Culture: A History to 1860". Book by Alexander Vucinich, June 1963.
“It's hard to know more about a person's life than what that person wants you to know.”
“The secret of the team's success is easy - unity and hard work.”
“She talked to me like I was just like any other student, not a kid in a wheelchair.”

Source : Sharon M. Draper (2010). “Out of My Mind”, p.104, Simon and Schuster
“Fighting cancer is my mission right now. The research and development of finding cures for this nasty disease is my passion.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.judithhill.com.
“Think of how many mistakes you made at 22 years old. Like, I made a million.”

Source : "Kristen Stewart Cheats on Robert Pattinson: Her Twilight Costars Forgive Her". Interview with Nicole Eggenberger, www.usmagazine.com. November 1, 2012.
“Do not be afraid because the, community teems with excitement. Silence and death are dreadful. The rush of life, the vigor of earnest men, the conflict of realities, invigorate, cleanse, and establish the truth.”
“I had always been a free spirit, and always gotten what I wanted.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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