Kerekou Film Quotes & Sayings

Unless you are a professional, however, you may not react very differently to a sample of 150 and to a sample of 3,000. That is the meaning of the statement that people are not adequately sensitive to sample size. — Daniel Kahneman

Is "defeatedly" a real word? As in, "She sighed defeatedly as spell-check implied that 'defeatedly' isn't a real word." Fuck it. It's going in the book, and I'm a pretty sure that makes it a real word. Me and Shakespeare. Making shit up as we go along. — Jenny Lawson

In missionary work, as in all else, preparation precedes power. Encouragement to prepare while still very young can make a tremendous difference. — Gordon B. Hinckley

Chinese ... companies do not have to think about whether they do something to enhance their competitive edge in international markets. — Li Shufu

In fact, according to physicians, the functioning of the digestion depends less on the brain than on hormonal mechanisms and autoregulators. However, during a fast, the digestive system gets an increasing rest. About ten hours after a meal, the contractions stop and the feeling of hunger disappears; five or six hours later the glucose stops coming directly from the intestines and begins to produce itself from the reserve of glycogen contained in the liver. From then on, the body works on itself in a closed circuit, becoming itself the source of the energy it uses. Instead of destroying an appropriating to himself nourishment taken from outside, man enters a state of nonviolence and detachment relative to the outside world. — Adalbert De Vogue

The real reward for doing your best work is not the money you make but the leader you become. — Robin Sharma

I was vegetarian for a long time, and in the last four years I started eating chicken and fish. I feel like it really built up my strength a lot. — Laura Wilkinson

Look at the newborn baby. It struggles to breathe after living in the womb. And yet, growth comes as a result of struggle. Even when we talk about jihad. We need to attach consciousness to struggle. This struggle has to be both individual and collective. — H. Rap Brown

You can't expect the level of excitement of your audience to be greater than your own. — Richie Norton

Flexibility in a time of great change is a vital quality of leadership. — Brian Tracy

Seek for the boldest color possible, content is irrelevant. — Henri Matisse

Hating a main character for being too weak is like expecting a human to be able to do everything. Stories aren't all sunshine and rainbows. — B.A. Gabrielle