"Negro banks, as a rule, have failed because the people, taught that their own pioneers in business cannot function in this sphere, withdrew their deposits."

-- Carter G. Woodson

#Business Quotes #People Quotes #Pioneers Quotes

“How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em.”

Source : Shel Silverstein, “How Many, How Much”
“We must cast away everything which hinders us upon our road towards heaven â€“ the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye and the pride of life; the love of riches, pleasures and honors, the spirit of lukewarmness and carelessness and indifference about the things of God â€“ all must be rooted out and forsaken if we are anxious for the prize. We must mortify the deeds of the body, we must crucify our affections for this world.”
“Art should create an experience.”
“Now that people know who I am, I get offered plays here and there. It was so much easier to do it when nobody knew who I was. I can't even imagine that somebody would come and pay money just to come and see me now.”
“We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more.”
“The bold and discerning writer who, recognizing the truth that language must grow by innovation if it grow at all, makes new words and uses the old in an unfamiliar sense has no following and is tartly reminded that 'it isn't in the dictionary' - although down to the time of the first lexicographer no author ever had used a word that was in the dictionary.”
“We [in Think Broader.] went through and looked at coverage in different industries and were able to point out to newsrooms that they had these hidden biases. We'd do a review and provide a report card, and provide our suggestion on how to avoid bias.”

Source : Source: www.vanityfair.com
“The idea that the growing demand for energy worldwide can be met with energy from nuclear power is nonsense.”

Source : "'Butting Heads with the Americans Doesn't Do Any Good'". Interview with Christian Schwärgerl and Markus Feldenkirchen, www.spiegel.de. January 29, 2008.

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