"Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit."

-- H. G. Wells

#Fire Quotes #Leader Quotes #Ashes Quotes

“In fact when Sweet Honey was ten years old it was too big for me to run, and I knew it, but I ran it for another thirteen years because I couldn't convince other people to really do it. And this year, I'm not running it.”
“You cannot learn to curse like an American.”
“I learned the power of storytelling and the responsibility that people with influence have to speak out”
“People have asked me throughout the years which directors have influenced me. I don't know their names, because I was mostly influenced when I'd see a film and think, "Man, I want to be sure to never do anything like that." So I never learned their names. It wasn't a matter of copying or emulating somebody I admired. It was getting rid of a lot of stuff.”
“In order to act, you must be somewhat insane .A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.”

Source : "Clemenceau. The Events Of His Life As Told By Himself To His Former Secretary Jean Martet". Translated by Milton Waldman, Chapter 12, 1930.
“CBS was very generous in their offer to re-sign me. But I simply want to try something new.”
“A tea set is good for a newborn girl. It is a gift that instantly makes the room a girl's room.”
“I feel very emotional and party.”

Source : Twitter post from Jun 20, 2013

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