"I’m aware of the- the fact that people elsewhere in the world think differently from us. I can sort of see us, us Americans with their eyes. And not all that I see is- is attractive. I see an insular people who are- are insensitive to foreign sensibilities, who are lazy, obese, complacent and increasingly perplexed as to why we are losing our place in the world to people who are more dynamic than us and more disciplined"

-- Edmund Morris

#Eye Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“What's that old cowboy saying? Never was a horse that couldn't be rode, never was a man who couldn't be throwed.”

Source : John Dunning (2006). “The Bookwoman's Last Fling: A Cliff Janeway Novel”, p.487, Simon and Schuster
“Every new development, highway, railroad, steamship line, building operation, whether it be a drainage project in old Greece or a new water system in Peru, means an added use of the automobile.”
“The secret of it all, is to write in the gush, the throb, the flood, of the moment â€“ to put things down without deliberation â€“ without worrying about their style â€“ without waiting for a fit time or place. I always worked that way. I took the first scrap of paper, the first doorstep, the first desk, and wrote â€“ wrote, wroteâ€¦By writing at the instant the very heartbeat of life is caught.”
“It seems as if when you try to do just one thing and nothing but, you can't do it at all. You do everything better if there's more than one thing.”

Source : Nancy Hale (1988). “The Prodigal Women”, Plume
“Save when you can and not when you have to.”
“An educated patient is empowered; thus, more likely to become healthy.”

Source : "Sharecare Builds A Web 3.0 Bridge To Better Health" by Dean Ornish, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.
“Giving up is the ultimate tragedy.”
“The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.”

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