"We believe in individual merit as a means of gaining salvation"

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Lowell L. Bennion

#Believe Quotes #Mean Quotes #Merit Quotes

“The terrorist attacks of September 11th and the courageous actions of our armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq remind us that friends of tyranny and enemies of freedom still exist”
“Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.”
“Social confusion has now reached a point at which the pursuit of immorality turns out to be more exhausting than compliance with the old moral codes.”

Source : Denis de Rougemont (1983). “Love in the Western World”, p.25, Princeton University Press
“Most music careers slowly but surely go down.”
“I love to sing. I'm a soprano.”
“Language is filled with words for deprivation images so familiar it is hard to crack language open into that other country the country of being.”
“I've always believed that you shouldn't want to mend a broken heart, because that's someone you don't want to forget. Scars can be good.”
“This is what I tell young women who ask me for career advice. People are going to try to trick you. To make you feel that you are in competition with one another. You're up for a promotion. If they go for a woman, it'll be between you and Barbara. Don't be fooled. You're not in competition with other women. You're in competition with everyone.”

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