"The faith that anyone could move from rags to riches - with enough guts and gumption, hard work and nose to the grindstone - was once at the core of the American Dream."

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Source : "The Meaning of a Decent Society" by Robert Reich, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 19, 2013.

Robert Reich

#Dream Quotes #Moving Quotes #Hard Work Quotes

“If people are making fun of you then you're probably doing something right.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I have no more idea now of who I am than I did before. But at least I know that. And I'm starting to figure out who I want to be.”
“You know, when I was a kid waiting on the bus, I remember that was when I imagined my life. I imagined everything that I was gonna be when I grew up and I imagined all of these amazing journeys and amazing people Id meet. Of course, all of it has kind of come to fruition.”
“I beg young people to travel. If you don't have a passport, get one. Take a summer, get a backpack and go to Delhi, go to Saigon, go to Bangkok, go to Kenya. Have your mind blown. Eat interesting food. Dig some interesting people. Have an adventure. Be careful. Come back and you're going to see your country differently, you're going to see your president differently, no matter who it is. Music, culture, food, water. Your showers will become shorter. You're going to get a sense of what globalization looks like.”
“Still, not much of a reason to live, is it? The fear of being punished for killing yourself.”

Source : A.J. Hartley, David Hewson (2014). “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Novel”, p.52
“If I had been a dog walker, I would have been the most successful dog walker in Paris.”
“Competition is very good... as long as its healthy. It's what makes one strive to be better.”
“I live alone with my one dog and they say it like it's a sad, it's a terrible thing. This woman lives alone with her two cats.”

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