"There is already a generation of European graduates who feel they have been robbed of the better future they were led to expect. They are members of a new class: the precariat."

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Source : "Europe: the continent for every type of unhappy" by Timothy Garton Ash, www.theguardian.com. May 26, 2014.

Timothy Garton Ash

#Class Quotes #Generations Quotes #Graduates Quotes

“People forget that a huge proportion of our jobs still depend on agricultural production in Australia so of course there are exports. That's easily overlooked.”
“The blues are real important. It's where most of the hard rock n' roll came from.”
“Now, I know itâ€™s hard, particularly for our young people, to choose to observe the Sabbath day when athletic teams on which they so much want to participate regularly schedule games on Sunday. I too know it seems trivial to many who are in need of just a few items on the Sabbath to quickly stop at a convenience store to make a Sunday purchase. But I also know that remembering to keep the Sabbath day holy is one of the most important commandments we can observe in preparing us to be the recipients of the whisperings of the Spirit”
“The pursuit of knowledge is, I think, mainly actuated by love of power. And so are all advances in scientific technique.”
“Chrysostom, I remember, mentions a twofold book of God: the book of the creatures, and the book of the scriptures. God, having taught us first of all by his works, did it afterwards, by his Words. We will now for a while read the former of these books; 'twill help us in reading the latter. They will admirably assist one another.”

Source : Cotton Mather (1815). “The Christian Philosopher: A Collection of the Best Discoveries in Nature, with Religious Improvements”, p.11
“How did I know you ran a 4:30 mile in high school? That's easy. Everyone ran a 4:30 mile in high school.”
“Sports, politics, and religion are the three passions of the badly educated.”

Source : William H. Gass (2014). “In the Heart of the Heart of the Country: And Other Stories”, p.143, New York Review of Books
“And it falls to a true leader to see to it that his or her people have an inspiring vision to pursue.”

Source : Bill Byrd (2004). “Sweet Success: 12 Proven Habits of Winning Leaders”, Fleming H Revell Company

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