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“the Trident submarine, which was capable of firing hundreds of nuclear warheads, cost $1.5 billion. It was totally useless except in a nuclear war, in which case it would only add several hundred warheads to the tens of thousands already available. That $1.5 billion was enough to finance a five-year program of child immunization around the world against deadly diseases, and prevent five million deaths”
― Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present

“It is what I have always loved about music. Not the sounds or the crowds or the good times as much as the words—the emotions, and the stories, the truth—that you can let flow right out of your mouth.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six

“When someone’s presence gives you energy, when it riles up something in you—the way Daisy did for me—you can turn that energy into lust or love or hate. I felt most comfortable hating her.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six

“It’s like some of us are chasing after our nightmares the way other people chase dreams.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six

“When you really love someone, sometimes the things they need may hurt you, and some people are worth hurting for.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six

“loving somebody isn’t perfection and good times and laughing and making love. Love is forgiveness and patience and faith and every once in a while, it’s a gut punch. That’s why it’s a dangerous thing, when you go loving the wrong person. When you love somebody who doesn’t deserve it. You have to be with someone that deserves your faith and you have to be deserving of someone else’s. It’s sacred.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six

“Success is like a turtle climbing a mountain. Failure is water running downhill.”
― Jerry Bledsoe, Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder

“Dreaming of his future, he no longer heard all the things she did not say.”
― Celeste Ng, Everything I Never Told You

“those were the best moments of my life. Your fingertips in the palm of my hand. Before you knew how many things I'd failed at.”
― Fredrik Backman

“Have you ever held a three-year-old by the hand on the way home from preschool?"

"No."

"You're never more important that you are then.”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

“Over time culture turns into an incredible competitive advantage that no one can take away from you,” Herrera told me. “If your service is any good at all, people will try to duplicate it. But a great culture is practically impossible to duplicate unless you have the same great people.”
― Carmine Gallo, The Storyteller's Secret: From TED Speakers to Business Legends, Why Some Ideas Catch On and Others Don't

“If you don’t buy into your story, nobody else will.”
― Carmine Gallo, The Storyteller's Secret: From TED Speakers to Business Legends, Why Some Ideas Catch On and Others Don't

“brands are built by embracing their DNA, their unique identity. “It doesn’t matter what you’re selling, identify what makes you unique and interesting and have the courage to be authentic across all of the social media platforms from which you share your story. Be yourself, put out awesome content, and people will be interested in what you have to say.”
― Carmine Gallo, The Storyteller's Secret: From TED Speakers to Business Legends, Why Some Ideas Catch On and Others Don't

“Disney’s mission isn’t to build theme parks. It’s to “create happiness.” The Ritz-Carlton isn’t in the business of providing beds for heads, but it’s in the business of fulfilling the expressed and unexpressed wishes of their guests. Starbucks isn’t in the business of coffee as much as it’s in the business to inspire and nurture the human spirit.”
― Carmine Gallo, The Storyteller's Secret: From TED Speakers to Business Legends, Why Some Ideas Catch On and Others Don't

“The poet Maya Angelou famously said people will forget what you said and what you did, but they’ll never forget how you made them feel.”
― Carmine Gallo, The Storyteller's Secret: From TED Speakers to Business Legends, Why Some Ideas Catch On and Others Don't

“There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in. —Archbishop Desmond Tutu”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“The braver I am, the luckier I get.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“Just as some cultures have a hundred words for “snow,” there should be a hundred words in our language for all the ways a black boy can lie awake at night.”
― Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives

“Somewhere between the fact we know and the anxiety we feel is the reality we live. —MAMIE ELIZABETH TILL-MOBLEY”
― Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives

“If America was going to hate me for being black and gay, then I might as well make a weapon out of myself.”
― Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives

“After having put so many years and miles between the scared little boy and the young man I had fought so hard to become, here I was again: alone in the crowd, the black kid trembling in the middle of a graveyard only he could perceive.”
― Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives

“Motherhood seemed easy to me, before I had a child.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“Most people will say anything to justify their own actions, because most people would rather be safe than happy.”
― Ash Ambirge, The Middle Finger Project: Trash Your Imposter Syndrome and Live the Unf*ckwithable Life You Deserve

“The question we need to ask ourselves is: what is success to us? More money? That's fine. A healthy family? A happy marriage? Helping others? To be famous? Spiritually sound? To express ourselves? To create art? To leave the world a better place than we found it?

What is success to me? Continue to ask yourself that question. How are you prosperous? What is your relevance?

Your answer may change over time and that's fine but do yourself this favor – whatever your answer is, don't choose anything that would jeopardize your soul. Prioritize who you are, who you want to be, and don't spend time with anything that antagonizes your character. Don't depend on drinking the Kool-Aid – it's popular, tastes sweet today, but it will give you cavities tomorrow.

Life is not a popularity contest. Be brave, take the hill. But first answer the question.”
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

“Needing the world to be ‘on their terms’ is a common comment made by those living with and supporting individuals with autism.”
― Sarah Hendrickx, Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Understanding Life Experiences from Early Childhood to Old Age

“She finds sharing very difficult and wants everything to be done on her terms […] ‘Precious’ toys have to be hidden away before other children come to play. She would never think to offer sweets to others and refuses to do so when prompted. (Woman with autism)”
― Sarah Hendrickx, Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Understanding Life Experiences from Early Childhood to Old Age

“learned that it was simply difficult for me to communicate in the way that makes people comfortable forming bonds of friendship. Before the diagnosis, when I ‘withdrew’ it had always been attributed to me being ‘moody’ or ‘sulky’, when actually, inside, I often felt calm and happy and was surprised when people were angry.”
― Sarah Hendrickx, Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Understanding Life Experiences from Early Childhood to Old Age

“Admitting vulnerability and asking for concessions or help is hard after a lifetime of masking.”
― Sarah Hendrickx, Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Understanding Life Experiences from Early Childhood to Old Age

“The issue of friends is a complex one throughout life for these women with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and it takes many years to get their heads around either what it means to be a friend or how to be around people without anxiety and fear of rejection and social failure.”
― Sarah Hendrickx, Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Understanding Life Experiences from Early Childhood to Old Age

“not ever having experienced such ease around people and the natural acceptance of each other’s quirks that they seem to have. Paradoxically, I find most people extremely irritating, facile and socially dishonest, which means that the likelihood of me ever finding my ‘gang’ is pretty small!”
― Sarah Hendrickx, Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Understanding Life Experiences from Early Childhood to Old Age