"It is a sort of great Victorian truth that actually, trying to do the right thing is pretty good for you and pretty good for business as well, by and large."

-- Chris Patten

#Trying Quotes #Wells Quotes #Right Thing Quotes

“But I can't really say there is too much modern music that I'm blown away by at this moment”
“We want far better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them.”

Source : Hypatia ch. 4 (1925)
“I think it's really important to create spiritual revolutionaries.”
“You cannot be beautiful and hate.”
“If you give up on trying to change larger structures and just go off on what some would say is a personal indulgence or being a survivalist, it can be seen as incredibly negative or pessimistic. But the other way to think of it is this: through manifesting the way we live and acting as if it's normal, you're defending yourself against depression and dysfunction, but you're also providing a model that others can copy. And that is absolutely about bringing large-scale change.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Folks, I can tell you I've known eight presidents, three of them intimately.”
“As I talked to our team, we are going to believe that Eric is going to walk onto that field again.”
“I do know the Bible very well from a Protestant point of view - which is what, along with my reason, entitles me to refute it. You can't rationally reject something until you know all about it.”

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