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I believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#believe #business #century #i #i believe

To pin your hopes upon the future is to consign those hopes to a hypothesis, which is to say, a nothingness. Here and now is what we must contend with. ↗

— Angela Carter

#contend #future #here #hopes #hypothesis

I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of censure upon myself I would thank God for his mercy. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

#although #brought #censure #god #happiness

Facebook is really about communicating and telling stories... We think that people can really help spread awareness of organ donation and that they want to participate in this to their friends. And that can be a big part of helping solve the crisis that's out there. ↗

— Mark Zuckerberg

#awareness #big #communicating #crisis #donation

Can you spell everything?" asked Milo admiringly. "Just about," replied the bee with a hint of pride in his voice. "You see, years ago I was just an ordinary bee minding my own business, smelling flowers all day, and occasionally picking up part-time work in people's bonnets. Then one day I realized that I'd never amount to anything without an education and, being naturally adept at spelling, I decided that— ↗

— Norton Juster

#spelling #business

My brother and I had a real love-hate relationship with my success. There was some bitterness there that I didn't understand until recently, but I told him that if I ever did a record I wanted him to play on it. ↗

— Jimmy Chamberlin

#brother #did #ever #had #him

Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man. ↗

— Oswald Chambers

#end #happiness #holiness #man

For me the greatest source of income is still movies. Nothing - stocks, financial speculation, real estate speculation or businesses - makes more money for me than making movies. ↗

— Jackie Chan

#estate #financial #greatest #income #makes

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#because #books #busyness #how #many

The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised. ↗

— Andrew Carnegie

#compromise #compromised #contradictory #defeat #men