"Take the year a country first reaches 50% literacy and add one or two generations to allow the idea to sink in and, democracy, more or less automatically, appears."

-- Gwynne Dyer

#Country Quotes #Years Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“indistinctness is my forte.”

Source : "The Life of J.M.W. Turner,: ... Founded on Letters and Papers Furnished by His Friends and Fellow Academicians". Book by Walter Thornbury, volume 2, p. 243, 1862.
“The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also”
“I don't feel guilt. Whatever I wish to do, I do.”
“I don't think any one person is the cause of all of someone else's problems.”
“Every articulate family ... generates its own stories, explanations and myths to illuminate the differences in temperament and talent among its children, the lines of allegiance and influence between parent and child.”

Source : Elizabeth Fishel (1997). “Sisters: Shared Histories, Lifelong Ties”, Red Wheel
“I grew up in Ireland, and the ocean was never more than an arm's length away. As lovely as the mountains are and as friendly as the people of Utah are, I feel a bit landlocked here.”
“Taste consists in the power of judging; genius in the power of executing.”

Source : Hugh Blair, Alfred Howard (Esq.) (1810). “The Beauties of Blair: Consisting of Selections from His Works”, p.118
“Indeed, in general, healthy investment returns cannot be sustained in a weak economy, and of course it is difficult to save for retirement or other goals without the income from a job.”

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