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Bergen Evans

"Legislators who are of even average intelligence stand out among their colleagues. . . . A cultured college president has become as much a rarity as a literate newspaper publisher. A financier interested in economics is as exceptional as a labor leader interested in the labor movement. For the most part our leaders are merely following out in front; they [only] marshal us in the way that we are going."

Source : Bergen Evans (1954). “The Spoor of Spooks: And Other Nonsense”, New York : Knopf

Bergen Evans

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“Fear comes with imagination, itâ€™s a penalty, itâ€™s the price of imagination.”
“One of the many reasons I love living in New York is that we get a front row seat to the innumerable thrills that take place here - from conventions and awards shows, to parades and U.N. assemblies. But my favorite New York tradition is the annual New Year's Eve ball-drop on Times Square.”
“The pictures I have been sent that display my father in places around the world such as the metro in Barcelona or downtown Los Angeles, I cannot understand the amount of publicity that has been given to my father in addition to the message that is spread because of this.”
“India is calling Blood is calling to blood. Get up, we have no time to lose. Take up your arms ! we shall carve our way through the enemy's ranks, or if God wills, we shall die a martyr's death. And in our last sleep we shall kiss the road that will bring our Army to Delhi. The road to Delhi is the road to Freedom. Chalo Delhi (March to Delhi).”

Source : Subhas Chandra Bose (2007). “Chalo Delhi: writings and speeches, 1943-1945”
“I love [that] you smile at me, I love the way your hands reach out and hold me near... I believe this is heaven to no one else but me.”
“My training in Science of Mind had begun with my mother. She took me to a different church every Sunday, and she encouraged me to question the minister afterward.”
“The typical American reports making about 70 [choices] in a typical day.”

Source : "How to make choosing easier". TED conference, www.ted.com. November, 2011.
“The same spiritual fulfillment that people find in religion can be found in science by coming to know, if you will, the mind of God.”

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