"Man in society is like a flow'r, Blown in its native bed. 'Tis there alone His faculties expanded in full bloom Shine out, there only reach their proper use."

-- William Cowper

#Men Quotes #Shining Quotes #Society Quotes

“But actually, I'm planning on moving to New York this year and I can tell you one reason why I think New York is incredible: I think things happen to you that you don't expect have happen to you.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Changes are not only possible and predictable, but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's own unnecessary vegetation.”
“I taught myself more in the library than school taught me.”
“The aim of preaching is not the elucidation of a subject, but the transformation of a person. Our task is the sharing of intense faith and experience.”

Source : "Religion: Go Ye and Relax?". content.time.com. April 20, 1953.
“In high school, I weighed 175 to 180. I looked like Abraham Lincoln. I was 6-foot-3, biggest thing in the class, but tall, not fat.”
“I never understood exactly why people get engaged--The only time I ever did the most disastrous things happened--but I feel that there's a great deal to be said for immediate matrimony always. If I once got started I'd probably have to become a mormon to cover my confusion. What I mean is that if he and she are crazy about each other it is sheer tempting God to stay apart, come what may. And if people arent crazy about each other being engaged wont help them.”
“There is a lot of bad architecture. What we need more is to look at how our landscape should look in the next decades.”
“When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to not arm people to repress.”

Source : "National Broadcast Exclusive: Ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide Speaks From Exile". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. May 10, 2005.

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