“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” Baron Acton
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To be idle is a short road to death and to be dilligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are dilligent. – Buddha
Love the moment. Flowers grow out of dark moments. Therefore, each moment is vital. It affects the whole. Life is a succession of such moments and to live each, is to succeed. – Corita Kent
I have made the tough decisions, always with an eye toward the bottom line. Perhaps it’s time America was run like a business. I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That’s were the fun is. I like thinking …
How does it feel to be on your own, with no direction home, like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone? Bob Dylan
Today’s students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe it, they can achieve it. They must know it is not their aptitude but their attitude that will determine their altitude. – Jesse Jackson
When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work. ~George Bernard Shaw
Hmm I’m quoting Charles Manson today, we can learn alot from any and everyone if we open our minds to their words without judging them for their actions. I can’t dislike you, but I will say this to you: you haven’t got long before you are all going to kill …
I can tell you this on a stack of Bibles: prisons are archaic, brutal, unregenerative, overcrowded hell holes where the inmates are treated like animals with absolutely not one humane thought given to what they are going to do once they are released. You’re an animal in a cage and …
You have to keep your sanity as well as know how to distance yourself from it while still holding onto the reins tightly. That is a very difficult thing to do, but I’m learning. – Diahann Carroll