"In a foreign country people don't expect you to be just like them, but in Los Angeles, which is infiltrating the world, they don't consider that you might be different because they don't recognize any values except their own. And soon there may not be any others."

-- Pauline Kael

#Country Quotes #People Quotes #World Quotes

“It is a principle of our nature that feelings once excited turn readily from the object by which they are excited to some other object which may for the time being take possession of the mind.”

Source : Matthew Simpson (1865). “Funeral Address Delivered at the Burial of President Lincoln: At Springfield, Illinois, May 4, 1865”, p.6
“May your service of love a beautiful thing; want nothing else, fear nothing else and let love be free to become what love truly is.”
“One of the great problems with Americans is that - being a decent people - they assume that everyone else is equally decent.”
“The more wild and incredible your desire, the more willing and prompt God is in fulfilling it, if you will have it so.”

Source : Coventry Patmore (2016). “The Rod, the Root and the Flower”, p.13, Lulu.com
“We call that runnin' through the okra patch.”
“The mind of the scholar, if you would have it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds. It is better that his armor should be somewhat bruised by rude encounters even, than hang forever rusting on the wall.”
“Integrity is the core of our character. Without integrity we have a weak foundation upon which to build other Christ-like characteristics.”
“I've got some great guy friends. They can start out as crushes. But when you realize something isn't going to happen, you make a choice whether or not the friendship is worth it. And it usually is. Then you can laugh about the fact that you used to have a crush on him or he had one on you.”

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