"Scientific understanding is our joy. Economic and political understanding is our duty."

-- Henry A. Wallace

#Joy Quotes #Political Quotes #Understanding Quotes

“When you're invisible, no one can see that you're different.”

Source : "The Ivory and the Horn". Book by Charles de Lint, 1995.
“...You can have this whole entire life, with all your opinions, your loves, your fears. Eventually those parts of you disappear. And then the people who could remember those parts of you disappear, and before long, all that's left is your name in some ledger. This...person -- she had a favorite food. She had friends and people she disliked. We don't even know how she died...I guess that's why I like preservation better than history. In preservation I feel like I can keep some of it from slipping away.”
“Coaching is about finding a system that works for your players. There are some underlying principles which are applied in any coaching situation but it's about picking the lock to get this group of players to play the best volleyball they're capable of playing for a long period of time.”
“Al-Qaeda's obituary has been written countless times over the decade. Each iteration has proved to be ephemeral, as the moment has continually shown itself to have a deeper bench than we imagine.”
“I was always accused of being too stiff. In 1974, when I ran my first primary race for state rep, I was chief aide to the speaker of the House, I knew the issues and understood state government. But what I found out the hard way is that you can know all the ins and outs but people want to know you, your family.”
“I was drifting away like a drop in the ocean, and now I realize that nothing has been as beautiful as when I saw heaven's skies.”

Source : Song: Drop In The Ocean, Album: The Spirit Room, 2001
“The effect of capitalism is to steer human selfishness so that, through the invisible hand of competition, the energies of the capitalist produce the abundance from which the whole society benefits.”
“I need protein from food rather than just protein supplements. I changed my diet.”

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