"Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man."

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Source : James Thurber (1961). “Lanterns & Lances”, New York : Harper

James Thurber

#Truth Quotes #Simple Quotes #Men Quotes

“No matter what I choose to become, I believe I can change the world. And as I am striving to change the world, I will be happy.”
“'Hispanic' is English for a person of Latino origin who wants to be accepted by the white status quo. 'Latino' is the word we have always used for ourselves.”

Source : FaceBook post by Sandra Cisneros from Sep 20, 2014
“When you think that you are beautiful, you are liable to think that you are more beautiful than others, and such a thought is not a beautiful thought. To recognize or criticize ugliness and inferiority in others is to create the inferior and the ugly in yourself, and what you create in yourself will sooner or later be expressed through your mind and personality.”
“Arab leaders worry more about making money from the profits they get from oil and gas that they turn the other way when Lebanon is being destroyed right next to them. Their neighbours are being murdered, but they only make calculations for their own benefit.”
“American agriculture is badly in need of diversity. Another threat to the food system of course is the likelihood that petroleum is not going to get any cheaper.”
“You are a white. The Imperial Wizard. Now, if you don't think this is logic you can burn me on the fiery cross. This is the logic: You have the choice of spending fifteen years married to a woman, a black woman or a white woman. Fifteen years kissing and hugging and sleeping real close on hot nights. With a black, black woman or a white, white woman. The white woman is Kate Smith. And the black woman is Lena Horne. So you're not concerned with black or white anymore, are you? You are concerned with how cute or how pretty. Then let's really get basic and persecute ugly people!”
“Dr. Barney stared at me, his lips puckered. What was he so serious about? Who hasnâ€™t thought about killing themselves, as a kid? How can you grow up in this world and not think about it?”
“The government is best which makes itself unnecessary.”

Source : "Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern English and Foreign Sources". Book by James Wood, 1899.

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