"Education made us what we are."

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Source : 'De l'esprit' (1758) 'Discours 3' ch. 30

Claude Adrien Helvetius

“We'll bring out the Elvis TV trays.”

Source : Song: Lifestyles Of The Not So Rich And Famous, Album: No Ordinary Man
“Count not the cost of honour to the dead!The tribute that a mighty nation paysTo those who loved her well in former daysMeans more than gratitude for glories fled;For every noble man that she hath bred,Lives in the bronze and marble that we raise,Immortalised by art's immortal praise,To lead our sons as he our fathers led.”
“I think that the poorest of the poor... look up to wealthy and successful Indians with some degree of respect and pride.”
“Most evolving lineages, human or otherwise, when threatened with extinction, don't do anything special to avoid it.”
“If they turn on their radars we're going to blow up their ***** SAMs. They know we own their country. We own their airspace ... We dictate the way they live and talk. And that's what's great about America right now. It's a good thing, especially when there's a lot of oil out there we need.”

Source : "A Lot For Access" by Al Kamen, www.washingtonpost.com. June 24, 1996.
“It's not what happens to you, It's what you do about it.”
“Lets cooperate and challenge the administration to cooperate with us because within the administration there are also moderates and people who are not fully comfortable with the tendencies that have prevailed in recent times.”
“The idea behind The Hole in Our Gospel is quite simple. It's basically the belief that being a Christian, or a follower of Jesus Christ, requires much more than just having a personal and transforming relationship with God. It also entails a public and transforming relationship with the world.”

Source : Richard Stearns (2014). “The Hole in Our Gospel Special Edition: What Does God Expect of Us? The Answer That Changed My Life and Might Just Change the World”, p.20, Thomas Nelson Inc

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