"Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think."

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Source : Alfred Austin (1887). “Prince Lucifer”

Alfred Austin

#Wisdom Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“If we emphasize the life and works of our greatest contributors . . . people will come to realize that moral courage is bravery of the highest type, and America will be called the "Champion of Peace."”
“When I was 15, I had a crush on this guy who was really good at magic, and so I learned to juggle, thinking it would impress him. I spent hours and hours practicing, planning to show him. And then I never even saw him again. But at least I learned how to juggle.”
“There is the general belief that the corporation income tax is a tax on the "rich" and on the "fat cats." But with pension funds owning 30% of American large business-and soon to own 50%-the corporation income tax, in effect, eases the load on those in top income brackets and penalizes the beneficiaries of pension funds.”
“You kinda want to look for the anomalies. You don't actually want to look for the expected behaviour.”
“We have a name for your disease. We call it a hyper-aesthetic one. You have been encouraged to over-indulge yourself in literature; and have inflamed your organs of fancy.”

Source : Sarah Waters (2002). “Fingersmith”, p.447, Penguin
“Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.”
“There's reality shows and things like that and I think 'Parenthood''s kind of a throwback to what we used to have back in the '70s, '80s and '90s. People want to see this again, and I feel like it's just a solid, good show.”
“The danger today is in believing there are no sick people, there is only a sick society.”

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