“There is an innocence in admiration: it occurs in one who has not yet realized that they might one day be admired.”
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“.. it makes sense that introverts are uniquely good at leading intiative-takers. Because of their inclination to listen to others and lack of interest in dominating social situations, introverts are more likely to hear and implement suggestions. Having benefited from the talents of their followers, they are then likely to motivate them to be even more proactive. Introverted leaders create a virtious circle of proactivity.”
― Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
― Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
“A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it.”
― Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica
― Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica
“ثم أرسلت زفرة، وانتقلت من الموت إلى الحياة!...”
― كوخ العم توم
― كوخ العم توم
“I understand my parents quite well. They think of a wife as a man’s luxury, which he can afford only when he is making a comfortable living. I have a low opinion of this view of the relationship between man and wife, because it makes the wife and the prostitute distinguishable only insofar as the former is able to secure a lifelong contract from the man because of her more favourable social rank . . . Which”
― Young Einstein: And the story of E=mc²
― Young Einstein: And the story of E=mc²
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