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Jacob Riis Quotes

When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: danish
Birth: May 3, 1849 - May 26, 1914

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Help Look Go Nothing Rock Without

The purpose of the ADA was to provide clear and comprehensive national standards to eliminate discrimination against individuals with disabilities. As a result, individuals with disabilities are now able to live in their homes and have access to new careers.

Live Purpose Discrimination Result

It's been great that every title that we've done internally has been a huge success, but when you've got 50 or 100 people on there, all their families and everyone counting on you there, the idea of 'What if you screw up once?' or 'What if the market changes?'

Success Great People You Done Up

Advertising obviously helps with awareness, but if you look at some of the most successful companies, they're actually not generally ad-driven when it comes to customer adoption.

Advertising Customer You Look Most

There was always an unspoken generosity about my mom.

Generosity Mom Always About Unspoken

Even though I'm a chairman, I don't always get my way.

Way Always Get Even Though Chairman

I definitely wanted this win today and I don't want anybody to talk about my nerves anymore.

Amelie Mauresmo

Today Win Want Talk Wanted Anybody

A piece of advice always contains an implicit threat, just as a threat always contains an implicit piece of advice.

Advice Always Just Threat Piece

I'm a slob. I live in sweatpants and workout clothes.

Live Clothes Workout Slob

Also note that invariably when we design something that can be used by those with disabilities, we often make it better for everyone.

Better Design Everyone Something

It's easier not to make a particular joke in case it offends. But every joke will offend someone, and I've always believed that the audience is bigger than one person. The danger is that things will become bland.

Someone Person Will Become Audience

By the time I went to Yale, I'd been acting for a long time and I was really tired of it. I was restless - and a little bored - and I was really eager to investigate different parts of myself.

Time Myself Tired Long Acting Bored

My interest is that there is a disconnect between the science and the size of the threat that people mention about nature, the planet and the climate, and the emotion that this triggers. So we are supposed to be extremely frightened people, but despite that we appear to sleep pretty well.

Nature Science Sleep People Emotion

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