"Sometimes just getting up in the morning and standing at the gate can bring the gate down."

-- Joan Bauer

#Morning Quotes #Sometimes Quotes #Gates Quotes

“Human beings are compelled to adopt a belief system; some paradigm to provide meaning, purpose, and understanding to our lives. A quick survey of the world shows that pretty much any idea will do - it need not reflect reality or truth, merely function to fascinate, distract, and compel. We are designed for belief, not for truth.”
“So our lives glide on: the river ends we don't know where, and the sea begins, and then there is no more jumping ashore.”
“Working with the Latin language is pretty powerful. Working with a language that is not spoken vernacularly is intense.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.”
“Moral vices prosper by dressing themselves as virtues.”
“Bombing is a very dangerous option because it's so convenient and because at home it's politically acceptable because our boys aren't dying on the ground, it gets us into tremendous trouble, which, of course, in general is true of bombing.”
“no person will ever get into my blood as a place can ... People and things pass away, but not places.”
“Assume the worst about people and you get the worst.”

Source : Ha-Joon Chang (2010). “23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism”, p.40, Penguin UK

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