"Our survival, the future of our civilization, possibly the existence of mankind, depends on American leadership"

-- Charles Lindbergh

#Civilization Quotes #Survival Quotes #Existence Quotes

“Reach for the heavens, and hope for the future, and all that will be, not what we are.”
“From what deep springs of character our personal philosophies issue, we cannot be sure. In philosophers themselves we seem always able to notice some deep internal correspondence between the man and his philosophy. Are our philosophies, then, merely the inevitable outcome of the body of fate and personal circumstance that is thrust upon each of us? Or are these beliefs the means by which we freely create ourselves as the persons we become? Here, at the very outset, the question of freedom already hovers in the background.”

Source : William Barrett (1978). “The illusion of technique: a search for meaning in a technological civilization”, Anchor Books
“We are indeed a nation of shopkeepers.”
“ALWAYS KNOW THAT THERE IS NOTHING BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR DREAM EXCEPT YOU. YOU?RE IN CONTROL OF YOUR DESTINY - BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE!”
“I lost the plot for a while then. And I lost the subplot, the script, the soundtrack, the intermission, my popcorn, the credits, and the exit sign.”

Source : Nick Hornby (1996). “High Fidelity”, p.34, Penguin
“One lie has the power to tarnish a thousand truths.”
“To win once you must have talent, but to win again you must have character.”
“After the horrific attacks of September 11th, it was evident that our Government needed to be transformed to meet the new challenges of this dangerous world.”

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