"In this world, you get what you pay for."

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Kurt Vonnegut

#World Quotes #Pay Quotes #This World Quotes

“Growth always involves the risk of failure.”

Source : Howard Thurman (1963). “Disciplines of the spirit”, Friends United Pr
“Watch your attitude. I don't mean to sound like so much of an old head, but there is another generation behind me, out there, doing it now. I find that, with the whole hip-hop generation, there's a lot of attitude. Whether it's confidence or arrogance or whichever, I will always say to a young guy, â€œNobody wants to work with an asshole.â€ You know, you can still be a great player. You can still play all of the baddest licks in the world. But if you don't have a good attitude, nobody's going to work with you.”
“I always look for a woman who has a tattoo. I see a woman with a tattoo, and I'm thinking, okay, here's a gal who's capable of making a decision she'll regret in the future.”
“Social media are a catalyst for the advancement of everyone's rights. It's where we're reminded that we're all human and all equal. It's where people can find and fight for a cause, global or local, popular or specialized, even when there are hundreds of miles between them.”
“Fortunes are made by buying low and selling too soon.”
“Holding hands at midnight 'Neath a starry sky... Nice work if you can get it And you can get it -- if you try.”

Source : "NiceWork If You Can Get It" (song) (1937)
“For Fanon, becoming actional is connected to his idea of a new humanism, which is explicitly critical of European humanism so intimately connected with colonialism. So, it is not simply about finding new concepts from anywhere, but being both critical and self-critical and also being very open to what is happening on the ground.”
“Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.”

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