"Relationships are at the core of any political system and economic system - any family - and I think we drifted away from understanding that in our country. The people-to-people level is critical. It is ironic, though - we can text with anybody in the world, we can have a videoconference with anybody in the world, but [there should be] an even higher premium on showing up and getting to know someone."

-- Hillary Clinton

#Country Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“Instantaneity is photography.”
“Forgiveness does not absolve you from consequences.”
“Begin Practicing the Intention to be Authentic & Peaceful with Everyone”
“We can appreciate but not really understand the medieval town. We cannot comprehend its compactness, the contiguity of all its buildings as a single uninterrupted whole.”
“In five minutes the earth would be a desert, and you cling to books.”
“Overspending is as certain a part of the holiday season as overeating. But pushing away from both the table and the cash register at least a little bit sooner can make the post-holiday hangover hurt a little bit less.”
“At first I protested and rebelled against poetry. I was about to deny my poetic worlds. I was doing violence to my illusions with analysis, science, and learning Henryâ€™s language, entering Henryâ€™s world. I wanted to destroy by violence and animalism my tenuous fantasies and illusions and my hypersensitivity. A kind of suicide. The ignominy awakened me. Then June came and answered the cravings of my imagination and saved me. Or perhaps she killed me, for now I am started on a course of madness.”
“The aims of life are the best defense against death.”

Source : Primo Levi (2017). “The Drowned and the Saved”, p.133, Simon and Schuster

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