"The world of the 20th century, if it is to come to life in any viability of health and vigor, must be to a significant degree an American century."

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Source : Life, 17 Feb. 1941

Henry R. Luce

#Degrees Quotes #Vigor Quotes #World Quotes

“All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books.”
“You will make mistakes, disappoint God and others, and have days when you wonder why God ever called you in the first place. Donâ€™t despair! Your usefulness to God is based on His consistency, not yours. Your call is sustained by Godâ€™s faithfulness, not yours.”
“The world we are born into-this complicated, difficult, hauntingly touching world-is the one whole thing. It is the world we awaken in, and awaken to.”
“... I played 'Eruption' two times for the record, and we kept the one that seemed to flow ... there's a mistake at the top end of it whenever I hear it, I always think, Man I could've played it better ... but I like the way it sounds. I'd never heard a guitar sound like that before...”
“All experiences are welcomed and fully digested, not judged good or bad.”
“I use the word "god" a lot, and I'm not sure if I know what I believe god is. I don't believe that when we die, that's it. It's almost like a logical faith. I logically don't believe that all this stuff [surrounding us] is generated from dust. But I'm also not like "Jesus Christ came down to save us." It's almost selfish to think that human beings, on this plane of reality, are the end of it.”

Source : "We don't realize what we're walking on half the time". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. October 16, 2014.
“How easy it is, how dangerously easy it is to hate a man for one's own inadequacies.”

Source : Grace Metalious (2011). “Peyton Place”, p.281, UPNE
“barfly n. You have the ability to talk to anyone which is an ability I do not share.”

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