"I think we do people a great disservice by putting them on a pedestal and not allowing them to be human."

-- Linda D. Thompson

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Pedestal Quotes

“Over the shoulders and slopes of the dune I saw the white daisies go down to the sea, A host in the sunshine, an army in June, The people God sends us to set our heart free.”

Source : Bliss Carman (1931). “Bliss Carman's Poems”, McClelland & Stewart
“The speed of time is 1 hour per hour, no matter what else is going on in the universe.”
“[James] Baldwin is needed even more today because he helps you focus to the essential, to what is important.”
“When I got my commission, other land surveyors told me to ask for advice from my peers when I was struggling with something.”

Source : "Career Spotlight: What I Do as a Land Surveyor". Interview with Andy Orin, lifehacker.com. December 10, 2015.
“Every day, in the USA, our radar instruments capture objects of form and composition unknown to us. And there are thousands of witness reports and a quantity of documents to prove this.”
“How was your day?" Morelli asked me. "Oh, you know, the usual. Stole a truck. Blew up a building, and brought seven monkeys home with me.”
“Those that are little, little things suit.”
“People say their weight is genetic. But it turns out that people who are overweight don't just have overweight kids. They also have overweight pets. That's not genetic.”

Source : Michael Gruber (2010). “The Good Son: A Novel”, p.93, Henry Holt and Company

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