"A man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man. The instructed man is ashamed to pronounce in an orphic manner what everybody knows, and because he is silent people think he is making fun of them. They like a man who expresses their own superficial thoughts in a manner that appears to be profound. This enables them to feel that they are themselves profound."

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Source : Van Wyck Brooks (1958). “From a writer's notebook”

Van Wyck Brooks

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“Even though nobody knew that you were in my life, you were the person who brought a raft at every rapid current and helped me cross that water safely. I was happy that you were there. I came to tell you I was able to travel through my life because I could come to you when I was anxious, not when I was happy.”

Source : FaceBook post by Kyung-sook Shin from Jan 09, 2012
“Ask not what you are getting from the world but, rather, what you are giving to the world.”

Source : Brendon Burchard (2012). “The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel Alive”, p.23, Simon and Schuster
“Stick to your knitting (what you're good at), don't compromise, and don't suffer fools.”
“Join America taught English, an understanding of the U.S. Constitution, that the Bill of Rights is the ultimate insurance policy for a citizen, and that being a citizen is not an entitlement. And we also taught a bit of capitalism.”
“I'd love to design stuff that I'd like to wear and that other people could wear, too.”
“Change brings opportunity.”
“Justice for all children is the high ideal in a democracy.”

Source : Grace Abbott, Judith Sealander (2015). “The Grace Abbott Reader”, p.8, U of Nebraska Press
“You want to tell a great story. You want these characters to become part of people's lives. And then, hopefully, that generates discussion.”

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