Wit & Wisdom
From Zadie Smith, Maimonides, Will Rogers, Maya Angelou, John D. Rockefeller, Albert Einstein, Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The past is always tense, the future perfect.”
Zadie Smith, quoted in The Wall Street Journal
“The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.”
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Maimonides, quoted in the Montreal Gazette
“One revolution is just like one cocktail, it just gets you organized for the next.”
Will Rogers, quoted in the Cherry Hill, N.J., Courier-Post
“I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it.”
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Maya Angelou, quoted in the Orange County, Calif., Register
“A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.”
John D. Rockefeller, quoted in the Ottawa Citizen
“If you can’t explain it to a 6-year-old, you don’t understand it yourself.”
Albert Einstein, quoted in the Chicago Tribune
“You will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson, quoted in the Toronto Globe and Mail
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