"As most of the population suffers through life, barely surviving, disappointed and confused day after day, hopeless, wondering what happened to their strong and beautiful country, it is in the medias power to restore, if not some of our quality of life, at least a bit of our peace of mind."

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Source : "Debt Ceiling? What Debt Ceiling?" by Steven Van Zandt, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 1, 2011.

Steven Van Zandt

#Beautiful Quotes #Country Quotes #Strong Quotes

“What gets measured, gets done. And what gets recognized gets done again, and even better.”
“Turner has outdone himself; he seems to paint with tinted steam, so evanescent and so airy.”

Source : John E. Thornes, John Constable (1999). “John Constable's Skies: A Fusion of Art and Science”, p.181, A&C Black
“We know no more than we did in 1975 - and that's not good”
“If religion has given birth to all that is essential in society, it is because the idea of society is the soul of religion.”

Source : Emile Durkheim (1973). “Emile Durkheim on Morality and Society”, p.191, University of Chicago Press
“Precision marching is less important for the bridal party than maintaining the proper facial expresssions: The bridegroom must look awed; the bridesmaids, happy and excited; the father of the bride, proud; and the bride, demure. If the bridegroom feels doubtful, the bridesmaids, sulky, the father, worried, and the bride, blasÃ©, nobody wants to know.”
“Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.”
“I wondered about the explorers who'd sailed their ships to the end of the world. How terrified they must have been when they risked falling over the edge; how amazed to discover, instead, places they had seen only in their dreams.”
“The problem with unfilled dreams is that they give us tunnel vision. We focus on ourselves, and that can be depressing and discouraging place to look.”

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