Quotes
Authors
Kurt Vonnegut

"But some of the nonsense was evil, since it concealed great crimes. For example, teachers of children in the United States of America wrote this date on blackboards again and again, and asked the children to memorize it with pride and joy: 1492. The teachers told the children that this was when their continent was discovered by human beings. Actually, millions of human beings were already living full and imaginative lives on the continent in 1492. That was simply the year in which sea pirates began to cheat and rob and kill them."

-- Kurt Vonnegut

#Teacher Quotes #Children Quotes #Pride Quotes

“Someone ought to write a novel about me,”
“I am very hands on doing my own work, all my own stunt work.”
“Doctors are taught in medical school that people ususally underreport their alcohol and drug use, so we genreal double the amount we're told. Don't be insulted if your doctor asks follow-up questions about yout drinking. We're trying to be diligent so we don't miss an alcohol or drug disorfer that could be amenable to treatment.”

Source : Source: www.oprah.com
“It can be said that there are four basic and primary things that the mass of people in a society wish for: to live in a safe environment, to be able to work and provide for themselves, to have access to good public health and to have sound educational opportunities for their children.”
“There's something about her," Caire said in a low voice. "She cares for everyone about her, yet neglects herself. I want to be the one who cares for her.”
“There's something in the very small minutia of life that tells us something about the big, big picture that we see every day all over the place, and so I think the more specific and creative and revelatory you are in the micro, the more powerful the macro will be.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“For a lot of people, the weekly paycheck is "take-home pay" because home is the only place they can afford to go with it..”
“Capitalism has given people both the liberty and the incentive to create, produce, and trade, thereby generating prosperity.”

Source : Johan Norberg (2005). “In Defence of Global Capitalism”, p.71, Academic Foundation

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