"The greatest failure is not to try. Had I listened to all the people during the course of my life who said, "You can't. You'll fail. It won't work. You don't have...," I wouldn't be here today."

-- Debbi Fields

#Life Lesson Quotes #People Quotes #Trying Quotes

“I worked at McDonald's. I cooked. It was one of the toughest jobs I've ever had. These people earn every single penny they get. In fact, they earn way more than they get.”

Source : "Pols back #FastFoodStrikes" by Jose Delreal, www.politico.com. December 05, 2013.
“I think it's clearly the result of something that looks like a campaign.”
“I have an intuition, and usually my intuition is right. I have a feeling for whether a role will be good or bad for me, and I almost never make a mistake.”
“In your company or industry, work every job in that industry. It's the only way of having a complete understanding of your people and your company.”
“Every morning I woke in dread, waiting for the day nurse to go on her rounds and announce from the list of names in her hand whether or not I was for shock treatment, the new and fashionable means of quieting people and of making them realize that orders are to be obeyed and floors are to be polished without anyone protesting and faces are to be made to be fixed into smiles and weeping is a crime.”

Source : Janet Frame (1980). “Faces in the water”
“Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you.”
“I was so absolutely riveted, I felt I was looking into the eyes of the artist. Art just closed the gap of time and space. The 16th century became as real to me as the 20th. It was something magical.”
“I lived the true American dream, because I was able to pursue what I set as my goals at a very young age.”

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