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1 " The people who stand before kings may look like they did it all by themselves. But in fact they are invariably the beneficiaries of hidden advantages and extraordinary opportunities and cultural legacies that allow them to learn and work hard and make sense of the world in ways others cannot. It makes a difference where and when we grew up. The culture we belong to and the legacies passed down by our forebears shape the patterns of our achievements in ways we cannot begin to imagine. It's not enough to ask what successful people are like, in other words. It is only by asking where they are from that we can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who doesn't. "
― Malcolm Gladwell , Outliers: The Story of Success
2 " The question must be asked: have we been the beneficiaries or the victims of our education? "
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3 " For whom, I asked myself innocently, were the riches and dominions that the English conquered and held on to at any price in the most remote corners of the planet? The neighborhoods which succeeded one another interminably down the narrow cobbled streets were not inhabited by the beneficiaries of those enterprises. "
― Sylvia Iparraguirre , Tierra del Fuego
4 " The forces of justice had finally come to Annawadi. That the beneficiaries were horses was a source of bemusement to Sunil and the road boys. "
― Katherine Boo , Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
5 " The purpose of the local church is not primarily to be one's church home or extended family, though it can be at times. And it is not to survive by obtaining more people for its support base. Its purpose is to invite people to be part of the true mission of the church. Reception into the church is only a threshold to involvement in its mission. The task of the church is not to accumulate attendees. The church is a school for developing agents of the new creation from among those who are the beneficiaries of God's grace. "
― Peter L. Steinke
6 " It is true that all of us are the beneficiaries of crimes committed by our ancestors, and it is true that nothing can be done about that now because the victims are dead and the survivors are innocent. These are good reasons for keeping our mouths shut about the past: but tell me, what are our reasons for silence about atrocities still to come? "
― Damon Knight , One Side Laughing: Stories Unlike Other Stories
7 " Never forget to put the beneficiaries on top of your organogram! "
― Geir Furuseth
8 " In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it. "
