"Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards."

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Source : Irving Babbitt (2005). “On Literature, Cultures, and Religion”, p.136, Transaction Publishers

Irving Babbitt

#America Quotes #Confusion Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.”
“This complaining rambling rubbish is the substitute which has taken the place of love.”
“Everything of this life as a mortal is fiction. It seems real, but...”
“If God was dead, how could I feel this bad?”
“Positively dealing with the unexpected by looking for solutions, not excuses, is the choice you need to make.”
“I respect women like Gloria Steinem who paved the way. But when you say 'feminist' now, there is a message that if you are sexy and you acknowledge that part of your personality publicly, then it's somehow an affront to women. And I reject that.”
“Running is a grownup's lost link to playing outside.”
“He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.”

Source : Sherman Alexie (2013). “The Toughest Indian in the World”, p.198, Open Road Media

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