"I'm not an education expert, and frankly I don't want to make education decisions for our state. But I am experienced at successfully managing organizations, and putting people on a path where they can succeed."

-- Linda Lingle

#Organization Quotes #People Quotes #Decision Quotes

“Was there ever a war where only one side bled?”
“I don't mock things, which makes me more vulnerable to mockery myself. If you're cynical, you're protected from mockery. But I have to be nice. I don't think I have irony. A sense of humour, yes, but not irony.”

Source : "How Michel Gondry became cinema's most versatile director" by Ryan Gilbey, www.theguardian.com. December 9, 2010.
“I'm a Taurean, so I'm very passionate and determined and materialistic. Down the years, I've spent a lot of money and saved a bit of money and had a lot of fun.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“True nobility isn't about being better than anyone else; it's about being better than you used to be.”

Source : Portia de Rossi (2011). “Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain”, p.305, Simon and Schuster
“The Louvre is the book in which we learn to read. We must not, however, be satisfied with retaining the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go forth to study beautiful nature, let us try to free our mids from them, let us strive to express ourselves according to our personal temperaments. Time and reflection, moreover, little by little modify our vision, and at last comprehension comes to us...”
“The number one need in all people is the need for acceptance, the need to experience a sense of belonging to something and someone. The need for acceptance is more powerful in your family than anywhere else.... If that need is not met by your family, trust me, your kids will go elsewhere to seek it in order to find approval and acceptance.”
“It is impossible for a Christian to be a relativist.”
“We're all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around, enjoying consciousness every now and then for a second or so before splitting up to become bits and pieces of trees and stars and french fries.”

Source : Alan Dean Foster (2013). “Glory Lane”, p.37, Hachette UK

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