"I think the city of Washington itself is insular to a certain extent. You have to get out in the country to realize what is going on and discover that the perceptions in Washington aren't necessarily accurate."

-- Rosalynn Carter

#Country Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Cities Quotes

“Therefore, the central point which we see in the centre of the hieroglyphic Monad produces the Earth , round which the Sun , the Moon , and the other planets follow their respective paths. The Sun has the supreme dignity , and we represent him by a circle having a visible centre.”

Source : John Dee, Gerald Suster (2003). “John Dee: Essential Readings”, p.32, North Atlantic Books
“Because we have learned to believe negativity is more realistic, it appears more real than any positive voice.”
“We moved together very slowly toward the house, trying to understand its ugliness and ruin and shame.”
“I am learning that a man can live profoundly without masses of things.”
“People have it so good in America that they get bored very easily. And when people get bored they start protesting things.”
“Another cat? Perhaps. For love there is also a season; its seeds must be resown. But a family cat is not replaceable like a wornout coat or a set of tires. Each new kitten becomes its own cat, and none is repeated. I am four cats old, measuring out my life in friends that have succeeded but not replaced one another.”
“Religion is removed from the public realm, and the public realm is removed from the affairs of religion. However, this is not neutrality. Implicitly, it supports secularism.”
“Applause is a receipt, not a note of demand.”

Source : "Saturday Review" Magazine, September 29, 1951.

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