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If you look at the history of the American capital market, there's probably no innovation more important than the idea of generally accepted accountancy principles. ↗

— Lawrence Summers

#american #capital #generally #history #idea

The Americans as a nation are killing themselves with their vices and high living. As much as a man ought to eat in half an hour they swallow in three minutes gulping down their food like the [dog] under the table which when a chunk of meat is thrown down to it swallows it before you can say 'twice.' If you want a reform carry out the advice I have just given you. Dispense with your multitudinous dishes, and, depend upon it, you will do much towards preserving your families from sickness, disease and death. ↗

— Brigham Young

#compulsive-overeating #death

Death is the final wake-up call. ↗

— Douglas Horton

#death #final #wake-up #wake-up call

After I got over the terrible pain of having something of mine taken from me, I began to think how bad everybody else must be feeling. It wasn't a nice time. ↗

— Lena Horne

#bad #began #else #everybody #everybody else

I made a promise to myself to be kinder to other people. ↗

— Lena Horne

#kinder #made #myself #other #people

I really do hate to sing. ↗

— Lena Horne

#i #really #sing

I told them I belong to the same organizations and clubs Mrs. Roosevelt belongs to, but with a few brave exceptions, I was still unable to do films or television for the next seven years. ↗

— Lena Horne

#belongs #brave #clubs #exceptions #few

I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald. ↗

— Lena Horne

#aretha #aretha franklin #before #ella #ella fitzgerald

I was lucky, as many of my generation was, in having a man like Dr. King in our lives. He came at a time that we needed to take a long look at each other and see how similar we were. ↗

— Lena Horne

#dr #each #generation #having #how

My real achievement is my daughter and my three beautiful grandchildren. ↗

— Marilyn Horne

#beautiful #daughter #grandchildren #real #three