"Knowledge does have a way of making you an outcast."

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Source : Jackson Pearce (2011). “Sisters Red”, p.62, Hachette UK

Jackson Pearce

#Doe Quotes #Way Quotes #Outcast Quotes

“You almost have to step outside yourself and look at you as if you were someone else you really care about and really want to protect. Would you let someone take advantage of that person? Would you let someone use that person you really care about? Or would you speak up for them? If it was someone else you care about, you'd say something. I know you would. Okay, now put yourself back in that body. That person is you. Stand up and tell 'em, "Enough!”
“Pretty soon, we should see a few large regional blocs dominating global trade. The ones that lower trade barriers faster will grow faster...”

Source : "Why the WTO Is Obsolete". Interview with Daniel Altman, bigthink.com.
“If you want to be popular, preach happiness. If you want to be unpopular, preach holiness.”
“My last vestige of 'hands off religion' respect disappeared in the smoke and choking dust of September 11th 2001, followed by the 'National Day of Prayer,' when prelates and pastors did their tremulous Martin Luther King impersonations and urged people of mutually incompatible faiths to hold hands, united in homage to the very force that caused the problem in the first place.”
“The camera is the instrument that brings the inner passion and the outward event into harmony with one another, this linking, or, rather, this coincidence, is successfully brought about, then we find one of the things that no image-making medium can accomplish to the same degree.”
“A serious athlete to me is one who is committed to excellence at any level, at any age, in any endeavor and in either sex. This commitment begins with a dream and a sense of talent and skill and determination to make that dream come true.”
“I think what should be celebrated about our campaign is we have over 3 million people who have contributed to our campaign - teachers, firefighters, nurses, retirees. They're making up the backbone of this field organization in the country.”

Source : "David Plouffe on 'FOX News Sunday'". "FOX News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. November 2, 2008.
“We know so little about each other. We lie mostly submerged, like ice floes, with our visible social selves projecting only cool and white.”

Source : Ian McEwan (1998). “Amsterdam, Or, The Spoiler: A Comi-tragedy”, Vintage

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