"My father, a bookkeeper who never earned more than $11,000 a year in his life, sat there, writing out a $25 check to the NAACP. When I asked him why, he said discrimination against anyone is discrimination against us all. And I never forgot that. Indeed, his philanthropy was a gift, not just to that organization, but to me."

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Source : Michael Bloomberg's Slate 60 Dinner Keynote Address At William J. Clinton Presidential Library In Little Rock, Arkansas, www1.nyc.gov. November 12, 2006.

Michael Bloomberg

#Father Quotes #Writing Quotes #Years Quotes

“When I read educational articles it often seems to me that this important side of the matter, the purely personal side, is not emphasized enough; the fact that it is so much more agreeable and interesting to be an educated person than not. The sheer pleasure of being educated does not seem to be stressed.”
“Don't just be in the business and have fun 'cause you're a kid. You've gotta learn; this is your livelihood.”
“Praise ignorance, for what man has not encountered he has not destroyed.”
“Christian love means two things at once: to recognize the Lord in one's neighbor and to recognize one's neighbor in the Lord.”

Source : Adrienne von Speyr, Adrian Walker (2008). “Lumina and New Lumina”, p.15, Ignatius Press
“I was never one to paint space, I paint air.”
“There's no specific aesthetic other than a sense of the beautiful itself, I suppose.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Fra Lippo, we have learned from thee A lesson of humanity: To every mother's heart forlorn, In every house the Christ is born.”

Source : Richard Watson Gilder (1903). “A Christmas Wreath”
“If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.”

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