"I think the idea of the social construction of beauty - this idea that beauty is simply whatever culture or society says it is - is on the run. Of course, beauty does arise in a cultural context. No one ever denies that. But there's also a natural response people have to it."

-- Denis Dutton

#Running Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“[I]f you believe in God omnipresent, then you must believe everything that comes into your life, person or event, must have something of God in it to be experienced and loved; not hated.”

Source : Elizabeth Goudge (1944). “Green Dolphin Street”
“I once knew a chap who had a system of just hanging the baby on the clothes line to dry and he was greatly admired by his fellow citizens for having discovered a wonderful innovation on changing a diaper.”
“It is sometimes easier to head an institute for the study of child guidance than it is to turn one brat into a decent human being.”
“Where does a man go when there are no more corners to turn, when he's running out of hope, out of luck, out of time?”

Source : Doug Stanton (2003). “In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors”, p.177, Macmillan
“I have been around a long time and Wall Street has changed a lot.”
“Within the Arab circle there is a role wandering aimlessly in search of a hero. For some reason it seems to me that this role is beckoning to us-to move, to take up its lines, put on its costumes and give it life. Indeed, we are the only ones who can play it. The role is to spark the tremendous latent strengths in the region surrounding us to create a great power, which will then rise up to a level of dignity and undertake a positive part in building the future of mankind.”
“Years of science fiction have produced a mindset that it is human destiny to expand from Earth, to the Moon, to Mars, to the stars.”
“I'll be at Lambeth telling my story”

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