"The worse we treat people in this country, the more delicately we talk about them."

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Source : Wilfrid Sheed (1978). “The good word & other words”, Dutton Adult

Wilfrid Sheed

#Country Quotes #People Quotes #Treats Quotes

“My grandmother worked on a fruit and vegetable market stall.”
“Success is a very dangerous thing and I think we have to be very careful about when we dictate what success is for somebody else. Because you don't know what it's like.”
“I was born 10 years old.”
“If there's a major foreign policy event, the President gets on TV, the Congress doesn't.”
“...deficit consumption is, in effect, drawing down on the capital entitlements of future generations”
“When you control your thoughts and emotions, you control everything.”
“Reading requires a loner's temperament, a high tolerance for silence, and an unhealthy preference for the company of people who are imaginary or dead.”

Source : David Samuels (2008). “Only Love Can Break Your Heart”
“More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on the visual, whereas good has no good images at all.”

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