"It is the immigrant hordes who keep this country alive, the waves of them arriving year after year.... Who believes in America more than the people who run down the gangplank and kiss the ground?"

-- E. L. Doctorow

#Running Quotes #Country Quotes #Believe Quotes

“there was not a tree on the place, only the horrible prickly pear bushes thrusting out their distorted arms as if exulting in their own nakedness.”
“When you travel your first discovery is that you do not exist.”

Source : Elizabeth Hardwick (2011). “Sleepless Nights”, p.10, New York Review of Books
“I think that the security in the cities is a lot better, but I think that outside the cities the peasants have no security, have no protection of the justice, so that I think is something we have to address.”

Source : "Big Think Interview With Ingrid Betancourt". Interview with Max Miller, bigthink.com. October 19, 2010.
“Nothing is yours. It is to use. It is to share. If you will not share it, you cannot use it.”
“Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth.”
“Halloween is a liberal holiday because we're teaching our children to beg for something for free. â€¦ We're teaching kids to knock on other people's doors and ask for a handout.”

Source : "A Conservative Guide to Rhetoric" by Jack Hitt, www.newyorker.com. October 14, 2013.
“Don't feel sorry for yourself if you have chosen the wrong road, turn around.”
“Raising a child is like taking care of someone who's on way too many shrooms, while you yourself are on a moderate amount of shrooms. I am not confident in my decisions, but I know you should not be eating a mousepad.”

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