#ric

A self does not amount to much, but no self is an island; each exists in a fabric of relations that is now more complex and mobile than ever before. ↗

— Jean-Francois Lyotard

#before #complex #does #each #ever

What is new in all of this is that the old poles of attraction represented by nation-states, parties, professions, institutions, and historical traditions are losing their attraction. ↗

— Jean-Francois Lyotard

#historical #institutions #losing #new #old

It took me way beyond what I knew, into places of which I was totally scared, but as I became less frightened, I welcomed new ways of thinking and approaching something. It made me an infinitely richer person, and I think a better musician. ↗

— Yo-Yo Ma

#became #better #beyond #frightened #i

African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

#fear #general #know #liberated #need

You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people the knowledge, the skills and the technology that they need in order to be able to use the resources that Africa has to gain wealth. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

#adequately #africa #blame #cannot #economy

Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#american dream #country #die #dream #fit

Fortunately, I've also been an electrician, and that's a happy memory for me. ↗

— James MacArthur

#been #electrician #fortunately #happy #i

I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now. ↗

— Norman MacCaig

#i #interested #less #many #much

If you improve a teacher's self-esteem, confidence, communication skills or stress levels, you improve that teacher's overall effectiveness across the curriculum. ↗

— Elaine MacDonald

#communication #communication skills #confidence #curriculum #effectiveness

To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power. ↗

— George MacDonald

#power #riches #want #without