"Recessions are great because they unlock the best people."

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Aaron Patzer

“Is It Unloving to Speak of Hell? If you were giving some friends directions to Denver and you knew that one road led there but a second road ended at a sharp cliff around a blind corner, would you talk only about the safe road? No. You would tell them about both, especially if you knew that the road to destruction was wider and more traveled. In fact, it would be terribly unloving not to warn them about that other road.”
“This position will not be disputed, so long as it is admitted that the desire of reward is one of the strongest incentives of human conduct, or that the best security for the fidelity of mankind is to make their interest coincide with their duty. Even the love of fame, the ruling passion of the noblest minds...would on the contrary deter him from the undertaking, when he foresaw that he must quit the scene before he could accomplish the work . . .”
“Clearly, a civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does will lack the energy and conviction to defend itself.”

Source : Attributed by Jeane Kirkpatrick in her August 20, 1984 speech to the Republican national convention in Dallas, Texas, as cited in "Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History" (rev.), edited by William Safire, W. W. Norton & Co., (p. 1029), 2004.
“Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat.”
“As is natural with contiguous states having like institutions and like aims of advancement and development, the friendship of the United States and Mexico has been constantly maintained.”

Source : Chester A. Arthur (2006). “State of the Union Addresses”, p.9, ReadHowYouWant.com
“A heroic nature is very Greek.”
“I think because I became a mom later in life, everything in life means more.”
“What I was doing for those assignments wasn't always directly tied to what I was doing for myself, but it gave me the space to photograph. I started getting assignments that dealt with my own interests and made some pictures in that direction.”

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