"In the United States, doing good has come to be, like patriotism, a favorite device of persons with something to sell."

-- H. L. Mencken

#Patriotism Quotes #United States Quotes #Doing Good Quotes

“In my second year in graduate school, I took a computer course and that was like lightening striking.”
“Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.”

Source : Entering the world (M. Odent)
“What is jealousy but a reflection of your own failures?”

Source : Michael Connelly (2011). “Michael Connelly - The Harry Bosch Collection (ebook)”, p.842, Hachette UK
“When the kid began to flag, Riley picked her up, swung her onto his back, and kept running. The leopard in Mercy growled in approval - whatever his faults (and they were many and legend), Riley knew how to take care of the innocent.”
“I don't blame individuals, I blame myself.”
“The American people have on many occasions been willing to shed their own blood for a noble cause, like when hundreds of thousands of Americans participated in the fight against fascism in Europe, and other causes. There are many good people there, and the Cuban people know the American people, we have many examples of solidarity from the American people in every stage of the Cuban people's fight for independence.”
“I don't understand a thing about this world: about people, and why they do the things they do. The more I find out, the more I uncover, the more I know, the less I understand.”

Source : Song: The Heart of the Matter, Album: The End of the Innocence
“Only you can judge your life. You have to live up to your own expectations.”

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