"Yet the whole preamble of the second authorization act for the Marshall Plan showed the direction Congress was ready to take about breaking down barriers within Europe."

-- W. Averell Harriman

#Europe Quotes #Silence Quotes #Breaking Down Quotes

“People are always asking me why they don't make Westerns like they used to.”
“You should never trust anyone who listens to Mahler before they're forty.”
“I am commonly opposed to those who modestly assume the rank of champions of liberty, and make a very patriotic noise about the people. It is the stale artifice which has duped the world a thousand times, and yet, though detected, it is still successful. I love liberty as well as anybody. I am proud of it, as the true title of our people to distinction above others; but . . . I would guard it by making the laws strong enough to protect it.”

Source : Fisher Ames, John Thornton Kirkland (1969). “Works of Fisher Ames: Memoir, by J. T. Kirkland. Letters”
“Michael Jordan didnâ€™t become a great basketball player because he wanted to do product endorsements. Van Gogh didnâ€™t become a great painter because he dreamed that one day his paintings would sell for $50 million.”
“When you wear a bow tie, doors open for you. Your posture is a little more erect; your shoulders are a little further back; your style is a little more dynamic. It's about the reestablishment of the gentleman.”
“Don't write naughty words on the wall if you can't spell!”
“Running Makes you more spiritually aware and in tune with your inner-self.”
“My biggest pet peeve is inconsiderate people.”

Source : "Trista Sutter from The Bachelorette: Spreading the Gift of Gratitude". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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