"Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success."

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Source : Christopher Lasch (1991). “The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations”, p.59, W. W. Norton & Company

Christopher Lasch

#Inspirational Quotes #Success Quotes #Congratulations Quotes

“We need a tougher enforcement program and, most importantly, we need to fix the badly broken ethics system.”
“Rather than becoming obsessed with the evil around you, ask God to give you a fresh perspective to see how He can bring good out of it. Look for the hand of God in your difficult situations. He is willing to use even the most horrible sins and the most foolish choices, as long as we trust Him to do just that.”

Source : Phil Waldrep (2016). “Reaching Your Prodigal: What Did I Do Wrong? What Do I Do Now?”, p.106, Worthy Publishing
“To know a language intimately is to understand the soul of those who speak it.”

Source : Margaret Wander Bonanno (2000). “Dwellers in the Crucible”, p.36, Simon and Schuster
“Looking after children can be a subtle way of giving up... They become the whole ones, the well ones, the postponement of happiness, the ones who won't drink too much, give up, get divorced, become mentally ill. The part of oneself that's fighting against decay and depression is transferred to guarding them from decay and depression. In the meantime one decays and gets depressed.”
“The woman's soul is fashioned as a shelter in which other souls may unfold.”
“My first TV crush was Elroy Jetson, because he was so cute. And I wanted to play with Astro on his automatic dog-walker thing.”
“If we don't believe in Americans, who will? I do believe. I've seen it in the people of our very typical corner of the nation.”
“Life has puffed and blown itself into a summer day, and clouds and spring billow over the heavens as if calendars were a listing of mathematical errors.”

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