"I was praised in the U.S. and heavily, brutally criticized in France."

-- Christine Lagarde

“I think in this business [acting] there's the option to do a lot of things and say, "I don't care. I'm just going to do what I want," but what I do affects a lot of people.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“When I was young, I dreamed of playing for Ajax and Arsenal. Both dreams have come true.”
“Authentic interest is generated when students are given the opportunity to delve deeply into an interesting idea.”

Source : Kelly Gallagher, Richard L. Allington (2009). “Readicide: How Schools are Killing Reading and what You Can Do about it”, p.10, Stenhouse Publishers
“Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from falling hands we throw.”
“It is expedient to have acquaintance with those who have looked into the world, who know men, understand business, and can give you good intelligence and good advice when they are wanted.”

Source : George Horne, William Jones (1831). “The Works of the Right Reverend George Horne ...: To which are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life, Studies, and Writings”, p.33
“You can't talk about leadership without talking about responsibility and accountability...you can't separate the two. A leader must delegate responsibility and provide the freedom to make decisions, and then be held accountable for the results.”
“All truth is crooked, time itself is a circle”
“Mr. President, the cause of this great discontent in the country, the cause of the evils which we now suffer and which we now fear, originates chiefly from questions growing out of the respective rights of the different States and the unfortunate subject of slavery...”

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