"What counted was not the facts but the fears."

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Source : Max Lerner (1957). “America as a Civilization”

Max Lerner

“Having guts always works out for me.”
“If you have a strong sense of who you are and what you're doing, then it's actually easier to work with other people, because you don't have to worry about them or yourself. You're just worrying about getting the best product, and all that other stuff is out of the way.”
“Peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people. So let us not rest all our hopes on parchment and on paper, let us strive to build peace, a desire for peace, a willingness to work for peace in the hearts and minds of all of our people. I believe that we can. I believe the problems of human destiny are not beyond the reach of human beings.”
“We achieved our mission to the moon. Let's look home from that lofty perch and reimagine our mission on Earth - that is what we need to do here. Together, we can upcycle everything. The world will be better for our positive visions and actions.”
“It is bad advice that cannot be changed.”
“I recognise that Socialism has ended its purely theoretical course, and that the hour to construct has come.”
“I started playing ukulele first for 2 years from age 9 to 11 and got my first guitar and got inspired by blues I heard on the radio that turned me on and I started learning myself”

Source : Interview with Vasja Ivanovski, www.blesok.com.mk. May/June 2003.
“I'm a Republican. I don't want to go to heaven and have to face my family up there and tell them I voted for a Democrat.”

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