"Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes."

-- Norman Douglas

#Education Quotes #Echoes Quotes #States Quotes

“We can reach our potential, but to do so, we must reach within ourselves. We must summon the strength, the will, and the faith to move forward - to be bold - to invest in our future.”

Source : "Guerrilla Marketing on the Internet: The Definitive Guide from the Father of Guerrilla Marketing". Book by Jay Levinson, Mitch Meyerson and Mary Eule Scarborough, August 1, 2008.
“What makes the temptation of power so seemingly irresistible? Maybe it is that power offers an easy substitute for the hard task of love. It seems easier to be God than to love God, easier to control people than to love people, easier to own life than to love life.”
“Mozart's mental grip never loosens; he never abandons himself to any one sense; even at his most ecstatic moments his mind is vigorous, alert, and on the wing. He dives unerringly on to his finest ideas like a bird of prey, and once an idea is seized he soars off again with an undiminished power.”
“...there would be punishment and pain, and there would be happiness, too. That was writing.”
“I've grown certain that the root of all fear is that we've been forced to deny who we are.”

Source : "O Magazine", May 2004.
“But think of the last guy. For one minute, think of the last guy. Nobodys got it worse than that guy. Nobody in the whole world.”
“We might be known for what we believed, but we're certain to be remembered for what we did about it.”
“Significant steps have been taken since 9-11 to protect out country here at home, but much remains to be done, Americans from across the political spectrum must come together to develop the next phase of our efforts to counter global terror.”

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