Importantly, in the 1930s, in the Great Depression, the Federal Reserve, despite its mandate, was quite passive and, as a result, financial crisis became very severe, lasted essentially from 1929 to 1933.
There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain.
There are already dozens of organizations working on trying to prevent plastic from going into the ocean, through advocacy, education, awareness, all great work, yet nobody was addressing the stock of existing pollution.
The two great risks are risking too much but also risking too little. That’s for each person to decide. For me, not risking anything is worse than death. By far.
I don’t journal to ‘be productive.’ I don’t do it to find great ideas or to put down prose I can later publish. The pages aren’t intended for anyone but me. It’s the most cost-effective therapy I’ve ever found.
Who cares about great marks left behind? We have one life… just one. Our life. We have nothing else.
Great art – or good art – is when you look at it, experience it and it stays in your mind. I don’t think conceptual art and traditional art are all that different.
All great works of literature either dissolve a genre or invent one.
Wisin is my brother. He always will be my brother. We are very happy as solo artists. We had a great musical trajectory together, which will be there forever. And for the future, we won’t discard reuniting and making something new.
Technology can be a great equalizer when it comes to health care, education – to the point where rich, poor, middle class can all get the same benefits.
God Almighty has set before me two great objects: the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners.
The change I want to see is a start-up environment where everyone, regardless of gender and background, feels welcome and safe; where sexual harassment or discrimination will not impede great talent from producing great impact.
Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.
My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.
My parents did a great job of raising me and my brother. Very supportive parents.
God gave me a great body and it’s my duty to take care of my physical temple.
It’s a great time to be alive.
God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty.
Though the bribe be small, yet the fault is great.
It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do.
For a selfie, it’s not about the pose, it’s about you. There’s a reason why you look great in the picture or you look great in real life, because someone has caught the essence of who you are, and a pose is not you.
Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it.
I really just want to do the best at everything I do. I just want to have all the great people around me that I feel is family, as well as my friends, and I have an amazing girlfriend. I think having love in your life is most important.
I can only say thank you and thanks also to all of the great songwriters who wrote those wonderful songs that became number ones.
What is sacred among one people may be ridiculous in another; and what is despised or rejected by one cultural group, may in a different environment become the cornerstone for a great edifice of strange grandeur and beauty.
