"What I found, over four years of research and reporting, was a conscious effort â€” taking place in labs and marketing meetings and grocery-store aisles â€” to get people hooked on foods that are convenient and inexpensive."

-- Michael Moss

#Years Quotes #People Quotes #Effort Quotes

“I have, I admit, a low tolerance for detached chronicling and cool analysis.”

Source : "Leslie Fiedler Dies at 85; Provocative Literary Critic" by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, www.nytimes.com. January 31, 2003.
“The world we are in today is likely to end catastrophically, as many other human worlds have done before.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“What is different in capitalist civilization has been two things. First, the process of meritocracy has been proclaimed as an official virtue instead of being merely a de facto reality. The culture has been different. And secondly, the percentage of the world's population for whom such ascent was possible has gone up. But even though it has grown up, meritocratic ascent remains very much the attribute of a minority.”
“It is not good to settle into a set of opinions. It is a mistake to put forth effort and obtain some understanding and then stop at that. At first putting forth great effort to be sure that you have grasped the basics, then practicing so that they may come to fruition is something that will never stop for your whole lifetime. Do not rely on following the degree of understanding that you have discovered, but simply think, "This is not enough."”
“God wants to do immeasurably more in & through your life than you could ask.”
“True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.”
“This may sound funny, but as much as the 'Today' show matured me, it also was something of a cocoon. I'd been happy there. I never went into the boss's office and pounded my fist on the desk, saying, 'Give me more money! Give me a prime-time show!'”
“Our loneliness makes us avid column readers these days.”

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