"Millions of Americans cannot tell you who lived at Mount Vernon or who wrote the Declaration of Independence - let alone the Emancipation Proclamation. But they know that to be a Benedict Arnold is to be a traitor of the deepest dye - someone who coldly betrays not only a sacred cause but every moral scruple along the way."

-- Arthur L. Herman

#Independence Quotes #Sacred Quotes #Way Quotes

“It is possible to care too much. It is possible to believe that you will never be as good as anyone else. And it is possible to let these things take over.”
“Today, basically, on Wall Street, the big money is made by taking risks.”
“You said you'd kiss me if I lost Tank." --- "You want me to kiss you?" Oh boy. "You were happy I'd lost your puppy?" He was looking like he was still thinking about smiling as he glanced down at Tank, tucked under his arm. "No. That would make me an asshole." Right...”
“Slowly, painstakingly, like ants, men would make their paths and civilization and their wars once again, only to have it wash away again.”

Source : Kiran Desai (2006). “Inheritance of Loss”, p.323, Penguin Books India
“The Peace Corps would give thousands of young Americans a chance to see at first hand the conditions in remote areas of the world.”
“It's more and more difficult to get through to your audience with all of the clutter. This is a great way for Ace to get [its] message out.”
“Never trust a man who reads only one book.”

Source : "Purity of blood". Book by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, 1997.
“The sound is very much always in my head, I have to get the sound out of my head onto the recording.”

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