"Laziness has made our cities unclean. If we begin to work and act appropriate..." - Lailah Gifty Akita

“Anyone who is willing to work and is serious about it will certainly find a job. Only you must not go to the man who tells you this, for he has no job to offer and doesn't know anyone who knows of ...”

— B. Traven, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

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“Choose your counsel, company and companions wisely: beware seeking wise words of advice from a fool or expecting informed opinions or decisions from the ignorant.”

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

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“If you find it difficult to get along with your boss, try to reason with him and talk through your differences. If that doesn't work, drive him to suicide and take over the company.”

— Anthony Rubino Jr., Life Lessons from Melrose Place

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“If everyone helps to hold up the sky, then one person does not become tired.”

— Askhari Johnson Hodari, Lifelines: The Black Book of Proverbs

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“it ain't as hard as picking cotton”

— Wynton Marsalis

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“It would be better not to know so many things than to know so many things that are not so.”

— Felix Okoye

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“What I've learnt - to my cost - on several occasions in my life, is that people will put up with all manner of bad behaviour so long as you're giving them what they want. They'll laugh and get into...”

— Russell Brand, My Booky Wook

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“Life is ever changing.We are ever transforming.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

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“Ownership is not limited to material things. It can also apply to points of view. Once we take ownership of an idea whether its about politics or sports what do we do? We love it perhaps more tha...”

— Dan Ariely, Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

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