"Liberal hopefulness Regards death as a mere border to an improving picture."

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Source : William Empson (1984). “Collected poems”, Chatto & Windus

William Empson

#Borders Quotes #Hopefulness Quotes

“There is nothing inherently sacred about moral codes. Like the wooden idols of long ago, they are the work of human hands, and what man has made, man can destroy!”
“I think maybe because I moved a lot in my childhood, I'm a little bit of a gypsy by nature.”
“Federalism isn’t about states’ rights. It’s about dividing power to better protect individual liberty.”
“A revolutionary idea is usually one with its sleeves rolled up.”
“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)... There are just some kind of men who - who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.”

Source : "To Kill a Mockingbird". Book by Harper Lee, July 11, 1960.
“To run a successful business, you have to be tough.”
“Any CEO who cannot clearly articulate the intangible assets of his brand and understand its connection to customers, is in trouble.”
“Inside the envelope with the letter was a little Princess Leia action figure USB flash drive. (they make these?) For me to store my novel on, since he was right-I never back up my computer's hard drive. The sight of it-it's Princess Leia in her Hoth outfit, my favorite of her costumes (how had he remembered?) brought tears to my eyes.”

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