"I'm really interested in culture because it is such a powerful human force, particularly in America where we think it's all about the individual."

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Source : Nashville Review Interview, as.vanderbilt.edu. December 1, 2012.

Alison Hawthorne Deming

#Powerful Quotes #Thinking Quotes #America Quotes

“What is worse than having no sight is being able to see but having no vision.”
“I told myself, Malala, you have already faced death. This is your second life. Don't be afraid â€” if you are afraid, you can't move forward.”
“Almost too hot for skinny jeans, the impossible becomes the possible.”

Source : Twitter post from Jan 05, 2015
“Slackers might look like the left-behinds of society, but they are actually one step ahead, rejecting most of society and the social hierarchy before it rejects them. The dictionary defines slackers as people who evade duties and responsibilities. A more modern notion would be people who are ultimately being responsible to themselves and not wasting their time in a realm of activity that has nothing to do with who they are or what they might be ultimately striving for.”
“Consistency is a virtue for trains.”

Source : Stephen Vizinczey (1988). “Truth and Lies in Literature: Essays and Reviews”, p.83, University of Chicago Press
“Now, legal plunder can be committed in an infinite number of ways. Thus we have an infinite number of plans for organizing it: tariffs, protection, benefits, subsidies, encouragements, progressive taxation, public schools, guaranteed jobs, guaranteed profits, minimum wages, a right to relief, a right to the tools of labor, free credit, and so on, and so on.”
“i realize i will never hear from dena again, and i will never call her. it gives me a chill. it is a strange thing to end a friendship, even if you know it's what you want. it's like a death; all of a sudden your experience of a person become finite.”

Source : Melissa Bank (2006). “The Wonder Spot”, p.205, Penguin
“Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.”

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