"Someone who thinks well of himself is said to have a healthy self-concept and is envied. Someone who thinks well of his country is called a patriot and is applauded. But someone who thinks well of his species is regarded as hopelessly naÃ¯ve and is dismissed."

-- Alfie Kohn

#Country Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Self Quotes

“A good novel cannot be too long nor a bad novel too short.”

Source : "The Sheltered Life".
“I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense.”
“We are so used to releasing words. We don't know what to do with them if they stay.”
“I wish every woman would love herself and embrace what she was given naturally.”
“I was aware, however, that telling at any point in my career could adversely affect my future career”
“One only needs to see a smile in a white crape bonnet in order to enter the palace of dreams.”
“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.”

Source : Inaugural Address, 20 Jan. 1961
“Lia: "You've changed your mind about wanting to marry me. You're afraid I'll burn down your home. Embarrass you in front of all the other city brutes." Zane: "I'm afraid," he said gently, "that you will burn down my heart.”

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