"The anti-elitist values in America, I think, are very destructive to education."

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Joshua Jackson

#Thinking Quotes #America Quotes #Elitist Quotes

“As an entrepreneur, you've got to protect against the company going bust. And as an adventurer, you've got to protect against losing your life. It's even more important as an adventurer to get it right.”
“... life is a flickering candle we all carry around. A gust of wind, a meaningless accident, a microsecond of carelessness, and it's out. Forever.”

Source : David Wong (2011). “John Dies at the End”, p.133, Titan Books
“Mary Alice (voiceover): Competition, it means different things to different people. But whether itâ€™s a friendly rivalry...or a fight to the death...the end result is the same. There will be winners...and there will be losers. Of course, the trick is to know which battles to fight. You see, no victory comes without a price.”
“A lot of times in this business, we are taking advantage of hot times in our career to do a lot of TV and a lot of radio and that sort of thing, and George is able to be so humble that he can get away with not doing those things.”
“True listening is obedient listening. To listen to God is to obey Him.”

Source : Leanne Payne (1999). “Listening Prayer: Learning to Hear God's Voice and Keep a Prayer Journal”, p.125, Baker Books
“The last time I saw a blonde with red streaks in her hair she was laying on Oscar Pistorius' bathroom floor,”
“The problem isn't that people don't understand how good things are. It's that they know, from personal experience, that things really aren't that good.”
“The battle of being mortal is the battle to maintain the integrity of oneâ€™s life,”

Source : Atul Gawande (2014). “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End”, p.77, Metropolitan Books

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