"For the company of the great is good company as Shakespeare understood it, as Plutarch understood it. The past remains the source from which example and precept can still be drawn."

-- C. V. Wedgwood

#Past Quotes #Heroism Quotes #Example Quotes

“What's going to happen is that county council and the county executive will be able to blame the judge. I think that's what's going to happen -- they want to blame the judge for reassessment. That's not leadership, that's hiding.”
“I understand why Barack Obama wants to send every kid to college, because of their indoctrination mills, absolutely â€¦ The indoctrination that is going on at the university level is a harm to our country.”

Source : "Santorum: Obama wants to 'indoctrinate' students by boosting college enrollment". www.cbsnews.com. February 23, 2012.
“You know what, my faith is like this - when I die, I'm going to live with God forever and ever. But I believe He wants us to have a good life here on Earth.”
“A market is never saturated with a good product, but it is very quickly saturated with a bad one.”
“Anytime that knowledge and a version of the truth are considered to be absolute, fundamentalism is the result, whether the arena is Christianity, Islam, Judaism, or any other religious faith, as well as atheism, conservative or liberal political views, even evolution or intelligent design. Anytime our minds are closed and there is no room for dissent, we are on a slippery slope towards stagnation.”
“I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.”
“How badly I want that nameless thing! First there must be an idea, a feeling... Maybe it was an abstract idea that you've got to find a symbol for, or maybe it was a concrete form that you have to simplify or distort to meet your ends, but that starting point must pervade the whole.”
“There may be a parallel between woodcuts and radio; radio plays are a living art form everywhere except the USA.”

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