"I suspect anyway that the important things we learn we never remember because they become a part of us, we absorb them...we don't absorb multiplication tables."

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Source : William Alexander Percy (1973). “Lanterns on the Levee; Recollections of a Planter's Son”, p.83, LSU Press

William Alexander Percy

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“I'm not always thinking and working ... I think a leader has to really be a balanced, whole and healthy person personally in order to be the best leader on the job.”
“It's really funny, I think to myself... I've got my same guitar and amp, it's just a bigger room now! Some things don't change.”
“You have got to want to be the best before you can even begin to reach for that goal, and you have got to be prepared to sacrifice a lot to get there.”
“Relations between the United States and other countries, and our role as a global leader, are advanced by our willingness to help other countries in need. Foreign aid is essential to protecting U.S. interests around the world, and it is also a moral responsibility of the wealthiest, most powerful nation.”
“Therefore, the observation must be explicitly made: In the Middle East and in the Muslim world, suspicions linger concerning the objectives of the West and notably the US.”
“Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.”
“To create a work of art is to create the world.”
“We need to have financial literacy in America, not just complaining about obstructionism. We need solutions. And I think the solutions are using high finance to make capitalism work for people around the world.”

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