"I was intent on doing something productive and on being everything my parents taught me to be. Their values were clear: do good work; don't ever get too big for your breeches; always be an authentic person; don't worry too much about being famous and rich because that doesn't amount to too much."

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Ruth Simmons

#Worry Quotes #Parent Quotes #Too Much Quotes

“All my Ex's live in Texas, and that's why I hang my hat in Tennessee.”

Source : Song: All My Ex's Live In Texas
“Probably not even a household name in his own house.”
“The world of the commodity is a world upside-down, which bases itself not upon life but upon the transformation of life into work.”
“The reaction was immediate. The blood flow was in proportion to how much the painting was liked.”
“Stress is a message. It is a personal invitation to make a change for the better.”
“An individual or a group of individuals might of course decide at any time that they would like to invest capital with the objective of acquiring still more capital. But, before a certain moment in historical time, it had never been easy for such individuals to do this successfully.”
“If you don't live in your strengths, you'll die in your weaknesses. Do first and most what you're good at, and bring others along who are good at your weaknesses.”
“To make America great is about, hey, this country's in trouble. By doing things the old-fashioned way, I'm going to bring in people, deal-makers, who know how to change things dramatically.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org

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