"Everyone in our culture wants to win a prize. Perhaps that is the grand lesson we have taken with us from kindergarten in the age of perversions of Dewey-style education: everyone gets a ribbon, and praise becomes a meaningless narcotic to soothe egoistic distemper."

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Source : Gerald Lyn Early (1994). “The Culture of Bruising: Essays on Prizefighting, Literature, and Modern American Culture”

Gerald Early

#Taken Quotes #Winning Quotes #Style Quotes

“Salander never forgets an injustice, and by nature she was anything but forgiving.”
“The brutality that can take place in a crime film heightens the tenderness that can also be there.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“Work harder to appreciate your ordinary day.”
“It's really surprising that what you put on paper, people will believe.”
“I don't want to be a celebrity athlete. When you are, there's this pressure on you. It's like you have this halo over your head and have to walk on eggshells. That's not for me. All that glamour builds up a false sense of ego. It's not needed. I'm already happy with who I am. My job is just to get on the podium.”
“The thing that sustains a strong Fox network is the thing that undermines a strong Republican party.”
“I love audiences. My God, the best friends in the world!”
“I hear your insults and plan to silence them with my victory.”

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