"America is a country in which I see the most persistant idealism and the blandest of cynicism and the race is on between its vitality and its decadence."

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Alistair Cooke

#Country Quotes #America Quotes #Race Quotes

“If something is wrong with anyone, look first to the stomach.”

Source : Arnold Ehret (2012). “Mucusless Diet Healing System: Scientific Method of Eating Your Way to Health”, p.45, Book Publishing Company
“Your attitude is everything, and it determines how you experience every aspect of your life”
“It's not that I'm stupid. I just don't think sometimes.”
“By four years of age, the average child in a family receiving public assistance has heard about 13 million words, compared to 45 million for a child from a wealthier family. The disadvantages developed during their first four years are usually still present in high school.”

Source : "Education’s Elephant in the Room: Poverty" by Sal F. Albanese, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 10, 2013.
“I have never looked for dream in reality or reality in dream. I have allowed my imagination free play, and I have not been led astray by it.”

Source : "The Many Faces of Gustave Moreau" by Bennett Schiff, August 1999.
“As an astronaut, you have a very defined set of tasks to do. Those tasks may require you to work 60, 70 or 80 hours a week.”
“Some bands write and it is just the singer and the guitarist that do it all and then the rest of the band follows their vision. This is cool, and as you know I have been part of a few amazing bands that did this and I am not complaining.”
“I wrote Freak the Mighty because Max, the mighty half of Freak the Mighty, insisted and he's bigger than I am.”

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