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VACLAV HAVEL A large social-media presence is important because it's one of the last ways to conduct cost-eff... GUY KAWASAKI Social media have become the harbingers of social change. Only the change may not always be desirabl... MUHAMMED HAIDER Working with lots of old media clients, I've had a front-row seat on the ascension of new social... RYAN HOLMES We are imperfect creatures created with egotistical defects, insecurities and an incomprehensible de... AYSHA TARYAM Social media, for all of its limitations, is rarely irrelevant. The stream of updates on your Facebo... RYAN HOLMES The earth is an arena of champions. We are all champions. We all did overcome millions of potential ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH ISIL's widespread reach through the Internet and social media is most concerning, as the group h... JAMES COMEY New York has been the subject of thousands of books. Every immigrant group has had its saga as has e... EDMUND WHITE The PC has improved the world in just about every area you can think of. Amazing developments in com... BILL GATES (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Beauty fades, but knowledge is eternal ANDREW FAIRCHILD When I graduated from college, I got a 9-to-5 traditional job doing social media for a company, and ... TYLER OAKLEY With the rise of software patents, engineers coding new stuff - whether within a large software comp... JONATHAN ZITTRAIN There must exist a paradigm, a practical model for social change that includes an understanding of w... BELL HOOKS Developing compassion for Congress and politicians is a good way to begin practicing the new social ... GARY ZUKAV Life's irony;Some people use the social media to showcase their riches,others to showcase their frie... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) In this context, social consensus, and institutions that embody this consensus, must be made effecti... RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN Media play a powerful role in establishing and perpetuating social norms. JACKSON KATZ Social media... it's the future for the new generation. CAMERON DALLAS The honest work of yesterday has lost its social status, its social esteem. PETER DRUCKER The honest work of yesterday has lost its social status, its social esteem. PETER F. DRUCKER In the journey of life, certain paths may seem to be leading nowhere because of a mountain or hill o... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH What is interesting is the power and the impact of social media... So we must try to use social medi... MALALA YOUSAFZAI Our conscience is not the vessel of eternal verities. It grows with our social life, and a new socia... WALTER LIPPMANN What we need is to think strategically about development, analyzing a country's potential role i... MUHAMMAD YUNUS The dark side of social media is that, within seconds, anything can be blown out of proportion and t... NICOLA FORMICHETTI I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. Tom knows our solutions and services inside and out, and is the perfect fit for this new role within... CRAIG LEWIS Social media has shaken up the world of sales, with Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter offering new ways... RYAN HOLMES With text messaging and e-mails buzzing in our pockets, our constant availability for phone calls, a... DEAN GRAZIOSI I'm naturally shy, so the social media thing is new to me. I haven't really figured out how ... HUNTER HAYES Entrepreneur, you're either raising the bar of excellence or, you're exhaling at the bar which is ex... ONYI ANYADO Google Apps for Education is a suite of applications intended to be helpful to higher level educatio... VINT CERF Time determines the occurrence of possibilities and impossibilities, but God determines the time for... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Not everyone has the time to be normal. LJUPKA CVETANOVA I have a dream, I have a vision, I have a mission, I have to do something, I will do this at this ti... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH If God give you strength and courage, don't use it to intimidate people or overpower them, rather us... ANTHONY LICCIONE Social media is something of a double-edged sword. At its best, social media offers unprecedented op... ROXANE GAY Oh happy day! A day to make a hay! And when it is mid-day, think about the day! And when you think a... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... OMG! I DESIGNED THIS NEW SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM! IT'S CALLED "POETRY" - YOU HAVE TO READ AMY KING'S P... AMY KING It's easy to make fun of AOL's pending purchase of HuffPo. Just like AOL's purchase of T... DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF In social institutions, the whole is always less than the sum of its parts. There will never be a st... EDWARD ABBEY I have to say there are a lot of me-too products and companies. Yet another social network, of the 1... TIM O'REILLY With social media and all the new technology, there's just more interfaces around and reminders ... PETRA COLLINS I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, i... IAN RANKIN We have worked with The Walt Disney Company for several years, and are very pleased to be expanding ... LEWIS R. SHOMER We have a whole new dynamic brewing here -- a new social movement of sorts in the debate over immigr... CHRISTIAN RAMIREZ Phones were created as social tools. Smartphones are especially good at being social, integrating te... KEITH TEARE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES At the end of the day, we're just trying to be honest and, hopefully, get more females on the ra... TAYLOR DYE Social media companies must combine their mastery of the latest in real-time, location based or augm... SIMON MAINWARING There has to be some level of narcissism for one to willingly and actively be on social media or any... ROSA M. BETANCES Now is everything Now is the essence Now is the focus Focus on the now For that ... KAREN HACKEL Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. This is well within the usual range considered cost-effective for new medical technologies. PAUL CHAN Dare to seize and make the most of all opportunities that life bring to your path. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Wake every morning with the same feeling. Live up high and fly on top of the ceiling. 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