"All the spookiness comes from giving a contemporary anachronistic sense to terms whose historical meaning is lost to us."

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Source : "Diotima’s child". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. September 21, 2012.

Frederick C. Beiser

#Giving Quotes #Historical Quotes #Lost Quotes

“It's easier to shape a child than to repair an adult.”

Source : Tony Evans (2014). “Raising Kingdom Kids: Giving Your Child a Living Faith”, p.15, Tyndale House
“The enjoyment of life is only possible if we could get connected to the spirit.”
“As people strengthened their willpower muscles in one part of their livesâ€”in the gym, or a money management programâ€”that strength spilled over into what they ate or how hard they worked. Once willpower became stronger, it touched everything.”
“It's not dissimilar to what we see with the president of Russia, who uses a minority there, the lesbian, gay, bisexual community ... and he goes after them with great relish because he knows that it's going to resonate with a part of the population.”
“Harry Potter's like Santa Clause: something you can't see but wish was real so badly that you end up believing in it.”
“The meaning of good and bad, of better and worse, is simply helping or hurting.”
“Men and women are sacrificed to the idols of profit and consumption: it is the 'culture of waste.' If a computer breaks it is a tragedy, but poverty, the needs and dramas of so many people end up being considered normal. ... When the stock market drops 10 points in some cities, it constitutes a tragedy. Someone who dies is not news, but lowering income by 10 points is a tragedy! In this way people are thrown aside as if they were trash.”
“Did you see my ninja move?That was fast, right?" "You are not a ninja, Shane." "I've watched all the movies. I just haven't gotten the certificate from the correspondence course yet.”

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