"I've spent the last 50 years or so steeping myself in the world's religions, and I've done my homework. I've gone to each of the world's eight great religions and sought out the most profound scholars I could find, and I've apprenticed myself to them and actually practiced each faith."

-- Huston Smith

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“I took the volume to a table, opened its soft, ivory pages... and fell into it as into a pool during dry season.”
“I believe in criticism.”
“We have struggled with terrorism for a long time. In the Reagan administration, I was a hawk on the subject. I said terrorism is a big problem, a different problem, and we have to take forceful action against it. Fortunately, Ronald Reagan agreed with me, but not many others did.”
“The basic goal of labor will not change. It is - as it has always been, and I am sure always will be - to better the standards of life for all who work for wages and to seek decency and justice and dignity for all Americans.”

Source : Archie Robinson, George Meany (1981). “George Meany and his times: a biography”, Simon & Schuster
“Poverty devastates families, communities and nations. It causes instability and political unrest and fuels conflict.”
“There's still plenty of lead in this pencil, but I only write to one person now.”
“One of the things all entrepreneurs struggle with is where their efforts will have the highest impact. Unfortunately, too many of us continue to do the very same things that led to our initial success because we're good at it and we've created and invested in systems to support them”
“I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol.”

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