"A profound political question is suddenly on the table: Must the country continue to give precedence to private financial gain and market determinism over human lives and broad public values?"

-- William Greider

#Country Quotes #Giving Quotes #Profound Quotes

“I'd rather be a boy playing with a paper plane, than to be a grown man playing with a woman's heart.”
“All I ask is that you do your best, and forget the rest.”
“I got to play in a crowd, play in Wimbledon finals, be the guy on a Davis Cup team for a while. Those are opportunities not a lot of people get.”

Source : "U.S. Open: Andy Roddick takes center stage Friday". News conference, content.usatoday.com. August 31, 2012.
“Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.”
“Without the letters of condolence, telegrams of congratulations, and occasional postcards, the friendship of a separated friend is not a social reality. It has no existence without the rites of friendship. Social rituals create a reality which would be nothing without them. It is not too much to say that ritual is more to society than words are to thought. For it is very possible to know something and then find words for it. But it is impossible to have social relations without symbolic acts.”

Source : "Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo".
“The secret of war lies in the communications.”
“Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.”
“We're the only dance in town. We don't compete with any professional teams for the entertainment dollar.”

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