"Sir, What is the secret of your success?" a reporter asked a bank president.
"Two words"
"And, Sir,what are they?"
"Right decisions."
"And how do you make right decisions?"
"One word."
"And,sir,What is that?"
"Experience."
"And how do you get Experience ?"
"Two words"
"And, Sir,what are they?"
"Wrong decisions"
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I dont even know why I like that
I imagine the bank president looking like Dumbledore from Harry Potter and the reporter falling over his chair in excitement,,,
I dont know why Im thinking that :S
it's awesome.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
Yep, I think thats why I like it too. Well, I was thinking that when I read it. It was nice and mysterious.
Abraham Lincoln never quits.
Born into poverty, Lincoln was faced with defeat throughout his life. He lost eight elections, twice failed in business and suffered a nervous breakdown.
He could have quit many times - but he didn’t and because he didn’t quit, he became one of the greatest presidents in the United States history.
Here is a sketch of Lincoln’s road to the White House:
* 1816 His family was forced out of their home. He had to work to support them.
* 1818 His mother died.
* 1831 Failed in business.
* 1832 Ran for state legislature - lost.
* 1832 Also lost his job - wanted to go to law school but couldn’t get in.
* 1833 Borrowed some money from a friend to begin a business and by the end of the year he was bankrupt. He spent the next 17 years of his life paying off this debt.
* 1834 Ran for state legislature again - won.
* 1835 Was engaged to be married, sweetheart died and his heart was broken.
* 1836 Had a total nervous breakdown and was in bed for six months.
* 1838 Sought to become speaker of the state legislature - defeated.
* 1840 Sought to become elector - defeated.
* 1843 Ran for Congress - lost.
* 1846 Ran for Congress again - this time he won - went to Washington and did a good job.
* 1848 Ran for re-election to Congress - lost.
* 1849 Sought the job of land officer in his home state - rejected.
* 1854 Ran for Senate of the United States - lost.
* 1856 Sought the Vice-Presidential nomination at his party’s national convention - get less than 100 votes.
* 1858 Ran for U.S. Senate again - again he lost.
* 1860 Elected president of the United States.
You forgot one more entry!
* 1865 Shot dead.
ASk yourself this: 'Was it all worth it?'
Don't just do something! Stand there.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
But my sig is: "Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway"
Lincoln was also a racist who wanted to ship all Blacks back to Africa because, accodring to him, Blacks and Whites should not live together
admirable
Okay. I agree. racists are bad people.
But apparently there was another side to racist people back in those days.
this might be completely irrevelant to what you said.
But, white people used to actually believe that they were doing good for the overall population if they got rid of black people. They didnt see black people as people at all-they saw them as animals! They honestly believed that the benefits of getting rid of black people was for the overall good. So they were looking after their own if that makes sense. I DONT AGREE with this. And it took me ages to understand their side of it all. Does anyone understand what Im saying at all? I tend to oversimplify stuff, I know.
and again, I dont agree with anything i said above. I just thought Id share,, because it came up in a conversation recently.
"Europeans knew very little about blacks living in the Africa's interior. So they relied upon old fairytales from travelers for their knowledge on Africa. Philosphers perpetuated negative steorotypes about blacks being inferior and associated blackness with evil. "
http://www.geocities.com/ru00ru00/racismhistory/18thcent.html
Do you think
was the start of racism?
Nope - you are giving racism a very limited meaning.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
well thanks for the discussion :roll:
maybe expand?
I know I wasnt making sense. And I was thinking of something very particular in my mind when I wrote it. Thats why it came out as limited/narrow.
That racism is just caucasians Vs Africans.
There is also more localised racism between different tribes, different people in the same tribe, prejudice against people who have different priorities, people less well off, more well off etc etc.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
Now I understand why you said that I was being limited.
Of course what I wrote above can't be the beginning of racism when i consider what you'v written there.
What if I say whether the above quote, might be the beginning of the "fear" of black people?
or is that again being narrow minded? (im not thinking straight)
I may also be making a discussion about absolutely nothing here.
Is there a fear of black people?
That is a more specific question and the answer could change over time.
Is the fact that they can be bigger and stronger scary? The fact that they may have less opportunities shape them in different ways? the fear of them being different?
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
Fear of black people in that Europeans listened to rumours and associated evil with black? According to the quote above.
What your saying is more associated with "racism" now.
The quesiton to ask yourself is if they only associated it with them and not all other races/people from a different place.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
If they only thought that some people were doing things, then the question is a valid one to explore. Why were they?
But if it was something they thought of all foreigners, then it is general fear and them adding to it.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
I probably sound like Im being narrow minded.
< thats why I made the face.
I was just thinking about this certain conversation I had.
Im was trying to bring up something without, bring too much of the conversation into it.
wasnt it all about listening to the rumours?
I DON'T think it was the 'start of Racism', for similar reasons to the ones admin suggested.
But I CERTAINLY agree that is was the cause of *some*, specific racism at a particular time in history.
QUESTION: If a group of people (any group, but for example Europeans like in your quote) had similar, misguided views about Islam and/or Muslims, based on nothing more than 'fairytales' or rumours which were told to them by their ancestors, and had no evidence to think any different, would they be blamed for not being Muslim (I mean, on the day of judgement)?
I have my own views on this, but I'm interested in what other people think.
Don't just do something! Stand there.
Firstly, I agree. I was being way too vague on my question on the quote.
Secondly, Iv always wondered about people who live in remote areas of the world and have never heard of Islam, which is quite similiar to the question that youv put forward. WHo's responsible for these people to hear about Islam? and who is responsible for the people who base Islam on rumours and fairytales to be told different? IS it part of our duty to do this?
What does the Qu'ran/Hadith say about these people?
In my opinion, I don't think they should be blamed. We'r all humans. And people listen to their anscestors and whatveer theyv been told by people they trust to be honest. So they can't be blamed for listening. Thats similiar to how we grow up listening to things from our parents about Islam when realy their speaking culture. And we grow up confused between the difference.
Ya'qub? I think your question should be a forum topic. Why don't you create one?
Abe Lincoln and his unfeasibly large hat:
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Don't just do something! Stand there.
That made my day!