"Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty."

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Source : Norman Douglas (1922). “Alone”

Norman Douglas

#Firsts Quotes #Authority Quotes #Should Quotes

“Times of hardship can act as both an indicator, as well as a cure, for our broken relationship with our Creator.”
“And hence one master-passion in the breast, Like Aaron's serpent, swallows up the rest.”
“We are all of us invented. We are all of us cobbled together from cartilage and dust. Few of us know with certainty the name of our maker. But I do... Bram Stoker.”

Source : Steven Dietz (1996). “Dracula”, p.9, Dramatists Play Service Inc
“The only competition you will ever face is with your own ignorance.”
“One of the glorious things about being a person in the world is that you don't have to worry about whether or not someone else is trying to be creepy.”
“Great music is better than it can be performed.”
“No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge. The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among his followers, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness. If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.”
“When I talk about the city, I talk about a city that elevates people, which is the strength of New York. We always had the ability to do that. We had the services to do that: good schools, living-wage jobs. We're moving away from that toward a two-tiered system: a small group of very wealthy people and the rest of the city, poor and working poor.”

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