"In general, the man who is readily disposed to sacrifice himself is one who does not know how else to give meaning to his life. The profession of enthusiasm is the most sickening of all insincerities."

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Cesare Pavese

#Sacrifice Quotes #Men Quotes #Giving Quotes

“Work is about a search for daily meaning as well as daily bread, for recognition as well as cash, for astonishment rather than torpor; in short, for a sort of life rather than a Monday through Friday sort of dying.”

Source : Studs Terkel (1975). “Working”, HarperCollins
“Status anxiety definitely exists at a political level. Many Iraqis were annoyed with the US essentially for reasons of status: for not showing them respect, for humiliating them.”
“When Marxist dictators shoot their way into power in Central America, the Democrats don't blame the guerrillas and their Soviet allies, they blame United States' policies of one hundred years ago, but then they always blame America first.”

Source : "Kirkpatrick Hit Liberals for Blaming America First". www.washingtontimes.com. May 15, 2006.
“The ball has broken 50-50 for Keegan”
“People say you should give until it hurts. I say you should give until it stops hurting. Know what I mean?”
“Unlike the boundaries of the sea by the shorelines, the "ocean of air" laps at the border of every state, city, town and home throughout the world.”
“No matter how hard you're going, you can always go harder.”
“Loneliness is caused by an alienation from life. It is a loneliness from your real self.”

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