"Most people experience history as one damn fact after another in high school. But if you can wonder, "Wow, what if the US hadn't gotten involved in World War II?", you can become enthralled by the imaginary possibilities."

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Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

Gavriel David Rosenfeld

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“... bringing up daughters for nothing but marriage, mingles poison in the cup of domestic life, is traitorous to the virtue of both sexes, for neither suffers alone--is adverse to the happiness, to the development of conscience and to religion, and introduces to the dwellings of wretchedness and despair. The result of this degradation is pride, intemperance, licentiousness--nay, every vice, misery, and degradation.”
“The bicycles go by in twos and threes - There's a dance in Billy Brennan's barn to-night, And there's the half-talk code of mysteries And the wink-and-elbow language of delight. Half-past eight and there is not a spot Upon a mile of road, no shadow thrown That might turn out a man or woman, not A footfall tapping secrecies of stone. I have what every poet hates in spite Of all the solemn talk of contemplation. Oh, Alexander Selkirk knew the plight Of being king and government and nation. A road, a mile of kingdom, I am king Of banks and stones and every blooming thing.”

Source : Patrick Kavanagh (2000). “Selected Poems”, Penguin Classics
“Compassion, however, should mean providing a mechanism to escape poverty rather than simply maintaining people in an impoverished state by supplying handouts. By doing this we give them an opportunity to elevate their personal situations, which eventually decreases our need to take care of them and empowers them to be able to exercise compassion toward others.”
“I always enjoyed writing. I did playlets in high school, I did radio shows in college. That's one of the reasons I went down to Second City, because you could do acting and writing.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Identity is this incredible invisible force that controls your whole life. It's invisible, like gravity is invisible, but it controls your whole life.”
“I am not the we of anyone”
“A tablecloth restaurant is still one of the great rewards of civilization.”

Source : Harry Golden (1967). “The Best of Harry Golden”, Cleveland : World Publishing Company
“You know, every year has been fantastic for me, I'm still here, I'm still alive and it's been fantastic.”

Source : Song: God Favored Me Pt. 1

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