"When a prisoner sees the door of..." - Quote by George Bernard Shaw
When a prisoner sees the door of his dungeon open, he dashes for it without stopping to think where he shall get his dinner outside.
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“All dese governments and dis this and that, these people that say they're here to help, why them say you cannot smoke the herb? Herb... herb is a plant, you know? And when me check it, me can't find no reason. All them say is, 'it make you rebel'. Against what?”
“Birds make great sky-circles of their freedom. How do they learn it? They fall and falling, they're given wings.”
“A thousand men enslaved fear one beast free.”
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“When the sun shines let foolish gnats make sport,But creep in crannies when he hides his beams.”
“When a highly successful leader retires after a long career, it is very unlikely that his successor will be of comparable caliber. Anyone of similar ability and drive would have gone somewhere else, instead of waiting in the wings for years for a chance to show his own leadership.”
“You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.”