"Once traveling, it's remarkable how quickly faith erodes. It starts to look like something else--ignorance, for example. Same thing happened to the Israelites. Sure it's weak, but sometimes you'd rather just have a map."

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Source : Leif Enger (2001). “Peace Like a River”, p.134, Atlantic Monthly Press

Leif Enger

#Ignorance Quotes #Erode Quotes #Example Quotes

“Every day I think about where I come from and I am still proud to be who I am: first, a Kabyle from La Castellane, then an Algerian from Marseille, and then a Frenchman.”

Source : 2004 Explaining his identity-his father was a Berber from the Kabylie region of Algeria and Zidane grew up in the Marseille suburb of La Castellane. In the Observer, 4 Apr.
“Pick any player of the world. Make him the captain of India. I can assure you that the results will still be the same. MS Dhoni just not lucky enough to have the kind of bowlers that top teams like Australia, South Africa and New Zealand have.”
“To my ears, jazz sounds better in warm weather and after the sun has gone down. While I will listen to some of my favorite jazz records in cooler weather, it's the warmer nights that really make them come alive. Something about those sounds and the heat of the night really makes it happen for me.”
“Sometimes the world is so much sicker than the inmates of its institutions.”

Source : Joanne Greenberg (2009). “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden: A Novel”, p.10, Macmillan
“Work is one of the best educators of practical character.”
“Wars are the hobbies of half-informed children who have somehow come into possession of the levers of power.”
“I've lived in California for half of my life. It's weird, everyone thinks of me as this guy who's from the South ... I'm really a Californian.”
“As an actor, it's more interesting to play a nerd than anything else. It's a lot more fun - you don't worry about 'what's my hair like?' in the morning or 'which is my great angle?”

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