"I sometimes think that the American story is the one about the reading of the will."

-- Lewis H. Lapham

#Reading Quotes #Thinking Quotes #America Quotes

“A private company can't compete against the resources of the second largest economy in the world.”

Source : Source: www.cbsnews.com
“The proverbial philosophy of a people helps us to understand more about them than any other kind of literature.”
“Instead of taking care to acquaint ourselves with others, we only think of making ourselves known to them. It would be better to listen to other people in order to become enlightened rather than to speak so as to shine in front of them.”
“When we listen to the radio, look at television and read the newspapers we wonder whether universal education has been the great boon that its supporters have always claimed it would be.”
“A small nation can fight a superpower with determination and dedication.”
“There are people who live lives little different than the beasts,and I don't mean that badly. I mean that they accept whatever happens day to day without struggle or question or regret. To them things just are, like the earth and sky and seasons.”

Source : Celeste De Blasis (1985). “Wild Swan”, Bantam Books
“Makeup can give you the confidence to...change your job, move abroad, get a pay raise.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com
“The real ecumenical crisis today is not between Catholics and Protestants but between traditional and experimental forms of church life.”

Source : Harvey Cox (2013). “The Secular City: Secularization and Urbanization in Theological Perspective”, p.190, Princeton University Press

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