"When a generation talks just to itself, it becomes more filled with folly than it might have otherwise."

-- Stewart Brand

#Inspirational Quotes #Might Quotes #Generations Quotes

“Meritocracy is a good thing. Whenever possibly, people should be judged based on their work and results, not superficial qualities.”
“My first dunk ever was in middle school. We were playing, me and my church friends, and I dunked it, and I swear I could not sleep that night.”
“A leader takes people where they would never go on their own.”

Source : Hans Finzel (2013). “The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make”, p.19, David C Cook
“The situation in Egypt is stable. We are ready for tourism and investment.”
“I did not know there was any controversy. I don't get a lot of time to read the fan forums, etc. I was thrilled to have the opportunity to have more storylines. I was just so happy to step in and pick up some of the slack for Emily while she was pregnant. It was so important for Emily to concentrate on her health and the well-being of her baby. In the end ... she is a great mother and her baby is adorable. I did not realize there was any controversy. LOL!”
“Writers who used to show off their erudition no longer sing in the bare ruined choir of the media.”

Source : "Channeling" by William Safire, www.nytimes.com. September 03, 2009.
“But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity of such or such an individual, I have no absolute faith in any person.”
“Defining and celebrating the New Father are by far the most popular ideas in our contemporary discourse on fatherhood. Father as close and nurturing, not distant and authoritarian. Fatherhood as more than bread winning. Fatherhood as new-and-improved masculinity. Fathers unafraid of feelings. Fathers without sexism. Fatherhood as fifty-fifty parenthood, undistorted by arbitrary gender divisions or stifling social roles.”

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