"Each of us, with money, gets further and further away from those moments where the hand pulls the beet root from the soil, shakes the fish from the net into the basket -- not to mention the way it separates us from one another, so that when enough money comes between people, they lie apart like parts of a chicken hacked up for stewing."

-- Samuel R. Delany

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“Learn obedience first. Among these Western nations, with such a high spirit of independence, the spirit of obedience is equally strong. We are all of us self-important, which never produces any work. Great enterprise, boundless courage, tremendous energy, and, above all, perfect obedience; these are the only traits that lead to individual and national regeneration. These traits are altogether lacking in us.”
“Learning to receive feedback from each other is what leadership is all about.”
“I don't care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.”
“The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.”

Source : Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1996). “Miles to Go: A Personal History of Social Policy”, p.63, Harvard University Press
“The most shocking act, closely examined, is just a louder version of some habitual gesture.”

Source : Susan Choi (2014). “American Woman: A Novel”, p.4, Harper Collins
“Sachin is the greatest role model I've ever met.”
“That genius is feeble which cannot hold its own before the masterpieces of the world.”

Source : Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1871). “Atlantic Essays”, p.21
“I don't believe that employers should have access to an employee's private passwords, including Facebook.”

Source : The Arena Debates: Driving the Conversation by David Mark, www.politico.com. April 07, 2012.

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