"Patriotism is being convinced your country is better because you were born in it."

-- Jacob M. Appel

#Country Quotes #Born Quotes

“Science fiction is the branch of literature that deals with the effects of change on people in the real world as it can be projected into the past, the future, or to distant places. It often concerns itself with scientific or technological change, and it usually involves matters whose importance is greater than the individual or the community; often civilization or the race itself is in danger.”

Source : James Gunn (1979). “Road to Science Fiction 2”, Signet
“In a sense, a hit belongs to the person who made it popular, but if a tune is good enough to attain tremendous success, then it certainly deserves more than one version, one treatment, one approach.”
“Pride is what you can afford or think you can afford.”
“Every person has a zakaat (to pay) and the zakaat of the body is fasting.”
“Campo, as everyone in chess recognized, had a 2600 rating as a politician.”
“The Lord speaks to us through the Scriptures and in our prayer. Let us learn to keep silence before him, as we meditate upon the Gospel.”
“There's a rumor that NBC is going to have Tom Brokaw fill in temporarily as the NBC News anchor. When asked why, a network spokesperson said, 'Because the only other NBC person we have is Bill Cosby.'”
“Nothing could be further from the truth than the claim that we have a choice between cutting tax and cutting unemployment, for the two go hand in hand.”

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