"No publisher in America improved a paper so quickly on so grand a scale, took a paper that was marginal in qualities and brought it to excellence as Otis Chandler did."

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Source : David Halberstam (2012). “The Powers That Be”, p.538, Open Road Media

David Halberstam

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“English grammar is so complex and confusing for the one very simple reason that its rules and terminology are based on Latin, a language with which it has precious little in common.”
“There are two sets of principles. They are the principles of power and privilege and the principles of truth and justice. If you pursue truth and justice it will always mean a diminution of power and privilege. If you pursue power and privilege, it will always be at the expense of truth and justice”

Source : Chris Hedges (2011). “The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress”, p.92, Hachette UK
“I could stay with you forever and never realize the time.”
“Intellect is resented as a form of power or privilege.”

Source : Richard Hofstadter (2012). “Anti-Intellectualism in American Life”, p.34, Vintage
“Whom God loves, his house is sweet to him.”
“My mom listened to the Beatles and Elvis, a lot of different types of music.”
“Faith is believing that there's somebody there to make you stronger. There's somebody there that won't leave you alone; God's always standing by you. That's what that is.”

Source : "A conversation with NASCAR analyst and former driver Kyle Petty (Part 2)". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. August 2011.
“A lot of people say that India has been held back by its democracy. But lets remember that, despite being a poor country, Indias democracy meant that its government never let millions of people starve.”

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