"I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not run."

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Alexis de Tocqueville

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“And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.”
“How heroic to be able to suppress one's vanity to the extent of confessing that the game is too hard.”

Source : 1889 On suicide. Diary entry, 5 Aug.
“I strongly recommend that students with autism get involved in special interest clubs in some of the areas they naturally excel at. Being with people who share your interests makes socializing easier.”

Source : Temple Grandin (2011). “The Way I See It, Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger's”, p.164, BookBaby
“I was never nervous when I had the ball, but when I let go I was scared to death.”
“The culture now in television is that the presenter calls the financial and, increasingly, the creative shots. It is comparable to what happened in Hollywood 15 or so years ago”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I began to learn acceptance, direction, understanding and perception - all elements that had been sadly lacking in my life.”

Source : "Singer Lou Rawls dies of cancer at 72" by The Associated Press, www.today.com. January 7, 2006.
“It's true. I can do anything and do it well because God loves me. It still humbles me.”
“Once we begin to appreciate that the apparent destructiveness of the toddler in taking apart a flower or knocking down sand castles is in fact a constructive effort to understand unity, we are able to revise our view of the situation, moving from reprimand and prohibition to the intelligent channeling of his efforts and the fostering of discovery.”

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