"A significant inventionmust be startling, unexpected. It must come to a world that is not prepared for it."

-- Edwin Land

#Preparation Quotes #World Quotes #Unexpected Quotes

“The stories that are too personally vulnerable to write are the ones that must be told.”

Source : Twitter post from Oct 3, 2010
“You do something annual every year, don't you?”
“I'm really schizophrenic about that, because on the one hand I would say, yes there is, there's something inherently, even violent about it, it's wild and raw and all this.”
“Africa's salvation doesn't lie in begging and begging for more aid, and as an African, I find it very, very humiliating.”

Source : "Expert: Africa Needs More than Foreign Aid". "Morning Edition" with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. July 6, 2005.
“Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.”
“Anecdotal data is not incidental to theory development at all, but an essential part of it”
“First off, I'd like to thank God for changing my life. He let me really realize what life is all about. Basketball is just a platform, In order for me to inspire people. And I realize that.”

Source : "Durant's Emotional MVP Acceptance Speech: 'I'd Like to Thank God for Changing My Life'" by Eric Corpus, www.christianpost.com. May 7, 2014.
“In A Midnight Carol Patricia Davis illuminates the dark and brilliant humanity of Charles Dickens -- the man who lived a rags-to-riches life more remarkable than any of his stories.”

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