"We learn by pushing ourselves and finding what really lies at the outer reaches of our abilities."

-- Joshua Waitzkin

#Education Quotes #Lying Quotes #Pushing Quotes

“Although cyber attacks have caused billions of dollars in damage and affected the lives of millions, few if any can be characterised as acts of terrorism.”
“The difference of the degrees in which the individuals of a great community enjoy the good things of life has been a theme of declaration and discontent in all ages; and it is doubtless our paramount duty, in every state of society, to alleviate the pressure of the purely evil part of this distribution, as much as possible, and, by all the means we can devise, secure the lower links in the chain of society from dragging in dishonor and wretchedness.”
“You have to understand accounting and you have to understand the nuances of accounting. It's the language of business and it's an imperfect language, but unless you are willing to put in the effort to learn accounting - how to read and interpret financial statements - you really shouldn't select stocks yourself”
“Security is a kind of death.”
“Which country is real, mine or the teacher's? My wish is that we might progressively lose our confidence in what we think we believe and the things we consider stable and secure, in order to remind ourselves of the infinite number of things still waiting to be discovered.”
“I just like making people laugh, and buried in that I like to bring up topics and start discussions.”

Source : "Isaiah Mustafa on Advertising Celebrity, Humility and His Super Bowl Pick". Interview with Irina Slutsky, adage.com. September 22, 2010.
“I'm always going to be making costumes. It's one of the ways I relax my brain. In addition to the pleasure of having the piece, there is a deep and abiding pleasure for me assembling something in my head - learning to know something in its totality in my head, and then putting together all the constituent parts into a cohesive whole.”
“I've been watching a lot of A&E's 'Intervention.' I know that's sort of depressing, but I love watching it.”

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

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