"America is the greatest of opportunities and the worst of influences."

-- George Santayana

#Opportunity Quotes #America Quotes #Influence Quotes

“I like engineering, but I love the creative input.”
“We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration.”

Source : Irving Babbitt (1908). “Literature and the American college: essays in defense of the humanities”
“We must cease to think of the church as a gathering of institutions and organizations, and we must get back to the notion that we are the people of God.”
“I'm a role model for lots of young girls.”
“Remember this, the choices you make in life, make you.”
“Just because somebody makes a mistake doesn't make them useless.”

Source : "Todd Akin Apologizes For ‘Legitimate Rape’ Remark, Won’t Drop Out" by Laura Bassett, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 20, 2012.
“Reminding people what in reality it is all about, giving them a theme on which to ponder, creating a shock within them, pulling them out of the delusion of non authenticity, enabling them to become aware of their true possibilities.”

Source : "Tàpies, Werke auf Papier 1943 - 2003" by Antoni Tapies, Kunsthalle Emden, edited by Achim Sommer, Altana, (p. 25), 2004.
“There is no good word for stomach; just as there is no good word for girlfriend. Stomach is to girlfriend as belly is to lover, and as abdomen is to consort, and as middle is to petite amie.”

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