"As I visited the various neighborhoods in the campaign, I learned fast that it's a mistake to think that all of the wisdom and possible solutions to our problems are available only in this building."

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Source : "Minimum wage jumps to $5.15". www.cnn.com. September 1, 1997.

Jane Byrne

#Mistake Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Campaigns Quotes

“I was using tape loops for dancers and dance production. I had very funky primitive equipment, in fact technology wasn't very good no matter how much money you had.”

Source : Interview with Gamall Awad and Ammon Haggerty, www.qaswa.com. October 9, 1992.
“All my life people have been waiting around to watch me die.”
“Imagine people calling you to find out if you're dead. I've led a real crazy life at times, and I've had many strange things happen to me, but that was one of the strangest.”
“There are some cities that I did take time out to study, 'cause I love history and one of them was Boston, and of course Rome and all of those places like that. But, in Syracuse or Rochester, or any of those places, no.”
“I do not like to "interest" the public with myself.”
“The foremost challenge is that of the knowledge revolution. Economic power will depend on creativity and innovation. Creation of wealth will move from traditional resources to the one asset: knowledge.”

Source : Speech at Crans Montana Forum, Switzerland, June 27, 1999.
“Nothing extraordinary happens to a cricketer if you time his career - which is very short.”
“Look forward, not back. Correct your course and go on. You cannot undo yesterday's journey.”

Source : Robin Hobb (2003). “Mad Ship”, p.81, Spectra

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