"But the paradox is here: when cultivated people do stay away from a certain portion of the population, when all social advantages are persistently withheld, it may be for years, the result itself is pointed to as a reason and is used as an argument for the continued withholding."

-- Jane Addams

#Years Quotes #People Quotes #Population Quotes

“Given the slow pace of Washington's bureaucracy, policymakers are often busy solving yesterday's problems. This rearview mirror approach afflicts Mr. Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress.”
“In all lands, sailors form a race apart. They profess a congenital contempt for landlubbers. As for the tradesman, he understands nothing of sailors nor cares a fig about them. He is content to rob them if he can.”
“I shall carry to the Catacombs of Age, Photographically lined On the tablet of my mind”
“If you have other things in your life-family, friends, good productive day work-these can interact with your writing and the sum will be all the richer.”
“A lot of places we go, when they see the organ coming in, they're expecting rock and roll, but after they hear us play they like it. To me, guitar cuts through-it carries more than organ. But organ has got more guts.”
“A young man with good health and a poor appetite can save up money.”
“When you realize that there's a name and a description for this condition that you thought was insanity, you've identified the problem, and now you can do something about it.”
“Despite his deeply-held ideology, Reagan was willing to talk to Gorbachev. He willing to do business with him. We should realize that engaging with adversaries is often one of our great strengths. As long as we use the engagement to stand up for the things we care about, there is no harm in talking.”

Source : "David Hoffman on 'The Dead Hand' and End of the Cold War". Live Chat, www.washingtonpost.com. September 21, 2009.

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