"For the masses who do the city's labor also keep the city's heart."

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Source : Nelson Algren (1983). “Chicago, city on the make”, McGraw-Hill Companies

Nelson Algren

#Heart Quotes #Cities Quotes #Mass Quotes

“If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're gonna get selfish, ignorant leaders.”
“Pardon me for finding the glass half full.”
“God is not only to be known in His blessed and incomprehensible being, for this is something which is reserved for His saints in the age to come. He is also known from the grandeur and beauty of His creatures, from His providence which governs the world day by day, from His righteousness and from wonders which He shows to His saints in each generation.”
“Could there be a more hilarious sad sack than Duncan Leland, whose trials and tribulations, so wittily conveyed, had me laughing (and wincing) from the first page? Hart's Maine landscape is rich with eccentric characters, dried fish, and other surprising and original treasures. While Duncan sinks, the reader will float on a cloud nine of classy entertainment.”
“Muscle-work can only make one weary-it takes brain-work to create true exhaustion.”

Source : Jefferson Smith (2011). “Strange Places”, p.192, Indie Ink Publishing
“I always believe in earning love. I consider unconditional love to be one of the worst ideas developed”
“I basically put myself into directors' hands and let them tell me what to do, and the more they told me what to do, the more I liked it.”
“It is better to look good than to feel good.”

Source : Song: You Look Marvelous

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