"Most of us have achieved levels of affluence and comfort unthought of two generations ago. We've never had it so good, most of us. Nor have we ever complained so bitterly about our problems."

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Source : Commencement Address at Iona College on June 03, 1984. "Lend Me Your Ears Great Speeches in History". Book by William Safire, 1992.

Mario Cuomo

#Inspiring Quotes #Two Quotes #Generations Quotes

“It no longer makes sense to speak of "feeding problems" or "sleep problems" or "negative behavior" is if they were distinct categories, but to speak of "problems of development" and to search for the meaning of feeding and sleep disturbances or behavior disorders in the developmental phase which has produced them.”
“Public taste changes and the aesthetic of a culture changes over time, so the idea isn't to appeal to the aesthetic of the moment and what people will like right now; the idea is to somehow keep yourself in the public memory so that as taste evolves it will eventually come to embrace your thing. So, it's about writing to be remembered rather than writing to be liked.”
“I have my boots custom-fitted in Cardiff. Everyone s feet are different, so to get measured up is a great bonus. You stand in a cast and they make moulds of your feet. It takes a couple of hours and then they have my exact size and precise measurements for the boot. That's makes them extra comfortable for me.”

Source : "Peter Crouch Interview - Puma PowerCat 1.10". SoccerBible Interview, www.soccerbible.com. March 20, 2014.
“The soul is the perceiver and revealer of truth. We know truth when we see it, let skeptic and scoffer say what they choose. Foolish people ask you, when you have spoken what they do not wish to hear, 'How do you know it is truth, and not an error of your own?' We know truth when we see it, from opinion, as we know when we are awake that we are awake.”
“It's never good to fall in love with someone whom you'd have to stab in the eyeballs to elicit a response.”
“Never cry over spilt milk, because it may have been poisoned.”
“You can never really judge your work because once it's done, it's done.”
“And I had by now become used to the idea of witchcraft, it seemed a reasonable thing, so many things are about, at night, in Africa.”

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