"People everywhere enjoy believing things that they know are not true. It spares them the ordeal of thinking for themselves and taking responsibility for what they know."

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Source : Brooks Atkinson (1951). “Once Around the Sun”

Brooks Atkinson

#Believe Quotes #Responsibility Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“What Africa needs to do is to grow, to grow out of debt.”

Source : "African Debt". "PBS NewsHour" with Ray Suarez, www.pbs.org. June 12, 2005.
“If I was on the road to Hell, at least I was going in style.”
“The spirit of social computing is the concept of leaving value in your wake.”
“I'm a big fan of moustaches. I think it's because - and this is not Freudian innuendo at all - my father has a moustache.”
“Throughout my life, I have held the strongest belief that if you write down what you want to accomplish in your life: your dreams, goals, hopes and aspirations, you are much more likely to achieve them. I have been writing down my goals since I was a kid, and I've had more success than I could have ever dreamed of... one goal at a time.”
“Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don't.”
“Life isn't about the final moments, it's about the journey, it's about process. What makes 'Rocky' work as a movie is seeing him working his way up from the streets to the arena and the fight of his life. You could just show that fight, and it would be great, but seeing that journey illuminates that fight and adds profound meaning to it.”

Source : "JMS Gives New BEFORE WATCHMEN Details, Defends Project". Interview with Vaneta Rogers, www.newsarama.com. March 17, 2012.
“Chicago I was so happy with what the judges had to say... That was until I...”

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