"To achieve originality we need to abandon the comforts of habit, reason, and the approval of our peers, and strike out in new directions."

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Source : Marty Neumeier (2005). “The Brand Gap, Revised Edition”, p.76, Peachpit Press

Marty Neumeier

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“The slum is the measure of civilization.”

Source : "Introducing 'Breakdown: Americans on the Edge'” by Timothy L. O’Brien, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 1, 2012.
“All promise outruns performance.”
“Playing behind a first-ballot Hall of Famer, who also is the all-time record holder for consecutive starts by a quarterback, it's a different mind-set. You just have to challenge yourself in ways that you never challenged yourself before.”
“I think having Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House is going to send a very wonderful lesson to the American public that women can be strong, they can be tough, they can be effective, and they can lead this country as political leaders.”
“Music is what mathematics does on a Saturday night.”
“You will find that free advice about your money is always available. It's usually those who lean back and give you the most 'positive' advice whose finances are bordering on catastrophe. They are often wrong, but never in doubt.”

Source : Venita VanCaspel (1983). “The power of money dynamics”, Simon & Schuster
“If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean it's stalemate. There's a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like.”
“But Shane-O, Shane-O, you've got it all wrong, son. You see, when I pass, I'm not gonna leave my money to you! When I pass, I'm gonna leave all of my money to my beautiful daughter Stephanie... and, and whoever that guy is that knocked her up.”

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