"Competitiveness always rests on the assumption of a life-and-death struggle."

-- Hugh Nibley

#Struggle Quotes #Life And Death Quotes #Assumption Quotes

“Seven million ship cargo containers come into the United States every year. Five to seven percent only are inspected - five to seven percent.”
“The same people in the Congress who are busy kicking holes in the social safety net are also those who would sell off the nation's forests for a song, give away its national parks, and trash its wilderness preserves; there is a connection between the two impulses.”

Source : Paul Gruchow (1997). “Boundary Waters: The Grace of the Wild”
“Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame.”

Source : Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.105
“It's a simple liberating reality - the best things in life are mine for the choosing....”
“As I grew up in that world and saw how much it affected her world and how much it affected our childhood, it made me very aware of politics. Of course, I have my own private feelings and thoughts, but I don't care to share them.”
“The first thing you must do is forget that I'm Black. Second, you must never forget that I'm Black.”
“If Beethoven and Bach hooked up with Mozart and made a band, they could be a distant runner up to The D.”

Source : FaceBook post by Jack Black from Aug 24, 2013
“Hope is a gift we give ourselves, and it remains when all else is gone.”

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