"Give people plenty and security, and they will fall into spiritual torpor."

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Source : Charles A. Murray (2006). “In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State”, Aei Press

Charles A. Murray

#Spiritual Quotes #Fall Quotes #People Quotes

“Because the stuff that they feed kids now, they'll have a bunch of idiots in the next millennium as far as art and culture is concerned.”
“I think it would be nice to sell 15 million albums as a solo artist. I'd have to deal with all the repercussions of that, but that wouldn't be too bad.”
“Where should the scholar live? In solitude, or in society? in the green stillness of the country, where he can hear the heart of Nature beat, or in the dark, gray town where he can hear and feel the throbbing heart of man?”
“We need grief as a precursor to emotional refreshment, and so consume it vicariously in somewhat titrated but powerful enough form through engagement with the arts.”
“But spending your life concentrating on death is like watching a whole movie and thinking only about the credits that are going to roll at the end. Itâ€™s a mistake of emphasis.”

Source : Nicholson Baker (2009). “The Anthologist: A Novel”, p.124, Simon and Schuster
“The power of Open Source is the power of the people. The people rule.”
“I bet we`ll see a lot of demagoguery [in Donald Trump speech] about the 10,000 Syrians that [Barack] Obama has allowed to be resettled here.”

Source : Source: www.msnbc.com
“I've never felt completely satisfied with what I've done. I tend to see things too critically. I'm trying to get over that.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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