"Dig deep into its communitarian ethos and it reads more like an America that might have been, an America fervently devoted to the quaint goals of working together and getting along. Of course, this America does exist. It's called Canada."

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Source : Sarah Vowell (2008). “The Wordy Shipmates”, p.33, Penguin

Sarah Vowell

#Ethos Quotes #America Quotes #Goal Quotes

“A king ruleth as he ought, a tyrant as he lists, a king to the profit of all, a tyrant only to please a few.”
“Some authors have conceptualized depression as a "depletion syndrome" because of the prominence of fatigability; they postulate that the patient exhausts his available energy during the period prior to the onset of the depression and that the depressed state represents a kind of hibernation, during which the patient gradually builds up a new story of energy.”

Source : Aaron T. Beck (1967). “Depression: Clinical, Experimental, and Theoretical Aspects”, p.36, University of Pennsylvania Press
“There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“The lie is elaborate and exact.”
“A homeless guy came up to me on the street, said he hadn't eaten in four days. I told him, "Man, I wish I had your willpower.”

Source : Rodney Dangerfield (2009). “It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs”, p.22, Zondervan
“What I love more than anything is Jerry Goldsmith's 80's music and Bernard Herrmann's genre music from the 50's and 60's.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Poverty and contempt generally go hand-in-hand in this world.”

Source : Susan Edmonstone Ferrier (1841). “The inheritance, by the author of Marriage. By the author of 'Marriage'. Revised by the author”, p.355
“Reality is the scary thing. Not my work, not comedy.”

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