"There's some way in which we would prefer not to see very clearly the immense gifts and intelligence of some of the people who live in our most abject conditions. Maybe there are some things at work in deciding who gets to be society's winners and who gets to be society's losers that don't have to do with merit."

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Source : Interview with Steve Inskeep, kasu.org. November 15, 2012.

Katherine Boo

#People Quotes #Way Quotes #Merit Quotes

“A great song for me is when I hear it and it's contagious. The lyrics and the melody, if grows on you once and you want to hear it over and over again.”

Source : Source: thefirst3songs.com
“You will learn most things by looking, but reading gives understanding. Reading will make you free.”

Source : Michael Kroeger, Paul Rand (2008). “Paul Rand: Conversations with Students”, p.62, Princeton Architectural Press
“Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being.”
“You can see the meaning of the statement that "Literature is a living art" most easily and clearly, perhaps, by contrasting Science and Art at their two extremes - say Pure Mathematics and Acting. Science as a rule deals with things, Art with man's thought and emotion about things.”
“Americans never quit.”
“I'm playin' the music I like.”
“A boomerang returns back to the person who throws it. But first, while moving in a circle, it hits its target. So does gossip.”
“Where no paths exist, a man strays only when he misses his destination. There is no crime, no transgression, no sin save foolishness or incompetence, and no obscenity save the tyranny of custom.”

Source : R. Scott Bakker (2008). “The Darkness that Comes Before: The Prince of Nothing, Book One (The Prince of Nothing)”, p.241, The Overlook Press

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