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“I don't know if music can change the world overnight but I know that music can help someone make it through a difficult night.”

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Michael Franti

Michael Franti, born on April 21, 1966, is an American poet, musician, and social activist. His poetry and music are known for their positive messages, advocacy for social justice, and equality, resonating with a wide audience. more

“The cultural integration of psychedelics won't happen overnight, and the question of young people is perhaps the most difficult involved. The first step is for people who have knowledge of these substances to share it, "coming out" about their own experiences. Drug education should be honest and present a balanced picture of risks and benefits.”

People Should Firsts Happens Young Difficult Steps Risk Share Honest Involved Drug Benefits Being Honest Substance Coming Out First Steps Balanced Integration

Author:Rick Doblin

“If you do something extraordinary for your customer you will never be forgotten. Customer service heroes get remembered, but legends never die.”

Ifs Dies Hero Extraordinary Forgotten Customers Remembered Legends

Author:Eric Lander

“One problem we discovered, for example, was that our "create a new account" button was in the wrong place...By simply moving it to the left side, mirroring the way people read, we saw a huge improvement in the way people used the site.”

People Way Problem Moving Used Left Sides Saws Example Huge Accounts Improvement Users Buttons Site Mirroring

Author:Marc Benioff

“You have to figure out what conversion means in your case. What does retention mean? What does activation mean? For every business, it's going to be slightly different because of the nature of the product and the kinds of people who use it.”

People Kind Mean Doe Different Use Cases Figures Products Conversion Users Retention Activation

Author:Stewart Butterfield

“Help each user personally. Sure that won't scale to a very large size, but when a startup is just starting out, it really helps you have an advantage as a small and nimble company.”

Helping Company Advantage Starting Size Scales Users Starting Out Nimble

Author:John Collison

“When a man teaches something he does not know to somebody else who has no aptitude for it, and gives him a certificate of proficiency, the latter has completed the education of a gentleman.”

Knows Men Giving Doe Teach Gentleman Latter Aptitude Certificates Proficiency Man And Superman

Book:The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more

Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more

“In Russia, show the least athletic aptitude and they've got you dangling off the parallel bars with a leotard full of hormones.”

Shows Russia Bars Parallels Athletic Hormones Aptitude Leotards

Author:Victoria Wood

“Let us re-adopt the Declaration of Independence, and with it, the practices, and policy, which harmonize with it. Let north and south - let all Americans - let all lovers of liberty everywhere - join in the great and good work. If we do this, we shall not only have saved the Union; but we shall have so saved it, as to make, and to keep it, forever worthy of the saving. We shall have so saved it, that the succeeding millions of free happy people, the world over, shall rise up, and call us blessed, to the latest generations.”