"I believe it is the duty of each of us to act as if the fate of the world depended on him. Admittedly, one man by himself cannot do the job. However, one man can make a difference. We must live for the future of the human race, and not for our own comfort or success."

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Source : United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee, Hyman George Rickover (1982). “Economics of Defense Policy: Selected congressional testimony and speeches by Adm. H.G. Rickover, 1953-81”

Hyman Rickover

#Jobs Quotes #Believe Quotes #Fate Quotes

“We can actually reconstruct our past by examining what we think, say, feel, expect, believe, and do in an intimate relationship now.”
“Translation is an interestingly different way to be involved both with poetry and with the language that I've found myself living in much of the time. I think the two feed each other.”
“It is not the right angle that attracts me, nor the straight line, hard and inflexible, created by man. What attracts me is the free and sensual curve â€” the curve that I find in the mountains of my country, in the sinuous course of its rivers, in the body of the beloved woman.”

Source : "Plans, Sections and Elevations: Key Buildings of the Twentieth Century". Book by Richard Weston, 2004.
“Requirements are for people who want to be unhappy. Because itâ€™s your rules or the universeâ€™s rules. The universe is going to win. Every time.”
“Create each day anew by clothing yourself with heaven and earth, bathing yourself with wisdom and love, and placing yourself in the heart of Mother Nature.”
“I've never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I'm very proud of that.”

Source : "Adele's Health Crisis and Comeback". People Magazine Interview, people.com. February 8, 2012.
“I'm not a person that's walkin' down the street looking mean all day.”
“Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.”

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