"It is pretty obvious that the debasement of the human mind caused by a constant flow of fraudulent advertising is no trivial thing. There is more than one way to conquer a country"

-- Raymond Chandler

#Country Quotes #Mind Quotes #Way Quotes

“A glance at Christ will save, but it is the gazing at Christ that sanctifies.”
“Single-mindedness. I hate to say it because I don't think it's the best thing for developing a person, but the single-mindedness - just concentrating in the one area - that's what it takes to be a champion.”
“I am never upset for the reason I think.”

Source : Helen Schucman “A Course in Miracles - Manual For Teachers”, A Course in Miracles
“A chef is a mixture maybe of artistry and craft. You have to learn the craft really to get there.”
“I believe I may so, looking into my own heart, and speaking as in the presence of God, that I have never know one moment of bitterness or resentment.”
“I'm not Deion Sanders. We're different people with different styles. People see similarities between me and him; that's fine. It's an honor to be mentioned in the same breath with him. But that's as far as I go with it.”
“People are much more willing nowadays to believe that pictures lie than [that] they can express any kind of truth.”

Source : Jan Howard, Laurie Simmons, Baltimore Museum of Art (1997). “Laurie Simmons: the music of regret”
“Why are we never quite at ease in the presence of a schoolmaster? Because we are conscious that he is not quite at his ease in ours. He is awkward, and out of place in the society of his equals. He comes like Gulliver from among his little people, and he cannot fit the stature of his understanding to yours.”

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