"Intelligence and education that hasn't been tempered by human affection isn't worth a damn."

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Source : Daniel Keyes (2012). “Flowers For Algernon”, p.154, Hachette UK

Daniel Keyes

#Affection Quotes #Humans Quotes

“The corporate right and the political right declared class warfare on working people a quarter of a century ago and they've won ... Take the paradox of Rush Limbaugh, ensconced in a Palm Beach mansion massaging the resentments across the country of white-knuckled wage earners, who are barely making ends meet in no small part because of the corporate and ideological forces for whom Rush has been a hero.”
“We do not invest in victims, we invest in survivors.”
“If I have to change my lifestyle, I don't want to live”
“Canada was settled, in the main, by people with a lower middle-class outlook, and a respect, rather than an affectionate familiarity, for the things of the mind.”
“It is possible to be happy without having perfect health . . . Thank goodness my happiness doesn't come from my joints, but from my heart.”

Source : Beverly LaHaye (1995). “The Desires of a Woman's Heart”, Tyndale House Publishers
“I feel like I try to keep learning every time I step off a runway, I try to get better with each one.”

Source : Source: www.harpersbazaar.com
“I spent most of my teen years trying to figure out the rules of life, theories for why things happened, why people behaved as they did, and mostly I came to the conclusion that either there were no rules, or the rules sucked. Reading science fiction wasn't about imagining myself into some more exciting life filled with adventure, it was about finding a world where things worked the way I wanted them to.”
“None of us got to where we are alone. Whether the assistance we received was obvious or subtle, acknowledging someone's help is a big part of understanding the importance of saying thank you.”

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