I have watched patients stand and gaze longingly toward the city they in all likelihood will never enter again. It means liberty and life; it seems so near, and yet heaven is not further from hell
Nellie BlyRead
'VERY WELL,' I SAID ANGRILY, 'START THE MAN, AND I'LL START THE SAME DAY FOR SOME OTHER NEWSPAPER AND BEAT HIM.'
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote reflects determination and competitiveness in the face of challenges.
Nellie Bly's quote illustrates her fierce resolve to not only accept a challenge but to actively strive to outperform her competitor. It embodies the spirit of ambition and the willingness to prove oneself, especially in the journalistic field where competition can be intense.
Themes
CompetitionDeterminationJournalismAmbitionSuccess
In practice
Example use cases
During a team meeting to motivate colleagues.
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I always had a desire to know asylum life more thoroughly - a desire to be convinced that the most helpless of God's creatures, the insane, were cared for kindly and properly.
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People in the world can never imagine the length of days to those in asylums. They seemed never ending, and we welcomed any event that might give us something to think about as well as talk of.
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COULD I PASS A WEEK IN THE INSANE WARD AT BLACKWELL'S ISLAND? I SAID I COULD AND I WOULD. AND I DID.
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I shuddered to think how completely the insane were in the power of their keepers, and how one could weep and plead for release, and all of no avail, if the keepers were so minded.
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