“It's really interesting who you hear from, or don't hear from, when someone you love dies. My third-grade teacher came to my dad's funeral. All my extended in-laws have reached out. Some people I thought I was close to have barely said anything.”— Nicole Chung, twitter.com
“We mustn't fear to adopt the advanced management methods applied in capitalist countries (...) The very essence of socialism is the liberation and development of the productive systems (...) Socialism and market economy are not incompatible (...) We should be concerned about right-wing deviations, b…”— Deng Xiaoping, en.wikiquote.org
“A basic contradiction between socialism and the market economy does not exist.”— Deng Xiaoping, en.wikiquote.org
“Let some people get rich first, and gradually all the people should get rich together.”— Deng Xiaoping, amazon.com
“As long as there are only 3 to 4 people on the floor, the country is in good hands. It's only when you have 50 to 60 in the Senate that you want to be concerned.”— Bob Dole, en.wikiquote.org
“People have a right to think what they think and do what they do, and we each get to choose how we respond.”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“You’ll know the difference if you pay attention to how someone makes you feel. You’ll feel either drained or energized by them. Stick with the ones who energize you.”— Mel Robbins, twitter.com
“It's okay to be selective about who you let occupy space in your life. Never apologize for changing your criteria & raising your standards.”— Ebonee Davis, twitter.com
“If you’re part of the 'I didn’t make this mess. It’s not my problem' crowd, you are part of the problem.”— Joel L. Daniels, twitter.com
“The greatest compliment one can give to an open spirit and heart, is to be gentle, to reciprocate the energy bestowed, and to be honest if and when there is a shift in what can be given. This, is generosity.”— Joel L. Daniels, twitter.com
“Nobody can stop you but you. You need to get rid of those excuses and stop pointing fingers at other people.”— Eric Thomas, twitter.com
“Certain people have a way of saying things that shake us at the core.”— Thurgood Marshall, thurgoodmarshall.com
“The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of its scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.”— St. Thérèse of Lisieux, twitter.com
“A habit to divorce yourself from is trying to explain away the success of someone whose work you don’t like. You’re contributing to your own unhappiness by focusing on them.”— Sam Sykes, twitter.com
“I'm projected as an ambulance chaser, but I'm more the ambulance. People call me because they know I will come.… I have never fought a case where they didn't ask me to come. People have this picture like I'm sitting up in bed at night with a walkie-talkie. "You hear anything? Oh, let's run! It's Vir…”— Al Sharpton, en.wikiquote.org
“Who defines terrorists? Today's terrorist is tomorrow's friend. We were the ones that worked with Saddam Hussein. The United States worked with bin Laden.”— Al Sharpton, en.wikiquote.org
“I do believe the [Democratic] party has moved far to the right. I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.”— Al Sharpton, en.wikiquote.org