"My mother was being hounded by a debt collector over a debt that she didn't owe, and she eventually just paid it because she wanted the calls to stop. I was very surprised. It sounded so strange. I started poking around on the internet and found this was extremely common. There was this world where these debts were sold off by the banks for pennies on the dollar and bought and sold."

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Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

Jake Halpern

#Mother Quotes #World Quotes #Pennies Quotes

“Always and Forever is a Grandmothers love”
“Nobody likes to have trouble. The moment we get a hint that it's coming, a common response is, 'Oh no! Not again!'”
“It has been our experience that if a young man decides to go on a mission, he can not only play well when he returns, he will often play better. If an athlete could play well before he went on a mission, he will definitely play well when he returns; and, if an athlete could not play well before his mission, he probably won't play well when he returns. However, his chances of playing well are perhaps better if he goes because he will return with . . . better work habits, and a better knowledge of what it takes to be successful.”
“And off in the far distance, the gold on the wings of the angel atop the bell tower of San Marco flashed in the sun, bathing the entire city in its glistening benediction.”

Source : Donna Leon (2015). “Death In A Strange Country: (Brunetti 2)”, p.151, Random House
“Ignorance is degrading only when found in company with great riches.”
“[The] aim is not so much to seek battle as to seek a strategic situation so advantageous that if it does not of itself produce the decision, its continuation by a battle is sure to achieve this. In other words, dislocation is the aim of strategy.”
“I don't put on my best clothes to make a film, my Sunday best.”
“A vital team characteristic is the ability to overcome adversity. Any team acquires experience and endurance as it learns to fight back. This in turn builds the kind of character which seldom crumbles at a time of crisis or testing.”

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