"intelligence is always intimidating to those who aren't!"

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Source : Eric Jerome Dickey (2009). “Resurrecting Midnight”, p.173, Penguin

Eric Jerome Dickey

#Intimidating Quotes

“To work for libertarianism - to oppose the growth of government and aid the liberation of the individual - used to be an idealistic choice taken for purely idealistic reasons. Now it is an act of intelligent and almost desperate self-defense.”
“When you're experiencing peace, it's coming from within you; you're 'doing' peace and this is true of anything else you might be looking for. Love, happiness, contentment, well-being come from within. Nothing external needs to change for you to have what you want.....If you want to be happier - be happier. If you want to be more relaxed - relax. If you want more friends - be friendly. Sounds simple. It is.”
“You must be filled with expectancy. You must be awash in hope. You must wonder who will love you, whom you will love next.”

Source : Kate DiCamillo (2009). “The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane”, p.167, Candlewick Press
“If we have youth, beauty, blessed gifts, strength, if we find fame, fortune, favor, fulfillment, it is easy to be nice, to turn a warm heart to the world.”
“Writing enlarges the landscape of the mind.”
“It's useful to be born in a different culture because you see things that are not obvious. I come from France. In France, there isn't a pretense of objectivity in publishing. I discovered - and I don't agree with it - that in the US, the New York Times or The New Yorker has to pretend to be objective, and if they present this point of view then they have to also present the other side.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“And it makes you think. Even things that have been the same for years and years can change. Maybe I can change. I can bring my own wall down, and let people in.”
“We must reject dictatorship in whatever form it takes--and especially when it rears its head in our own midst on the bench.”

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