"Although both my grandfathers encountered ethnic prejudice, they viewed this as an aberration-a failure of some Americans to live up to the nation's ideals. It did not dawn on them to blame the bad behavior of some Americans on America itself."

-- Robert P. George

#America Quotes #Grandfather Quotes #Dawn Quotes

“I know in college, a player is playing for something every year so it is constantly competitive while in residency although you're playing with the top players in your age, you don't have many competitions other than the U-17 or U-20 World Cups.”
“Successful cooperation in or by formal organizations is the abnormal, not the normal, condition.”

Source : Chester Irving Barnard (1968). “The Functions of the Executive”, p.5, Harvard University Press
“It is said that our destiny is set, predetermined before conception. But I myself, have never been a believer...”
“Even injustice has it's good points. It gives me the challenge of being as happy as I can in an unfair world.”
“I have stared long enough at the glowing flat rectangles of computer screens. Let us give more time for doing things in the real world...plant a plant, walk the dogs, read a real book, go to the opera.”
“I'm very progressive in a lot of ways, but I'm a very proud American. It sounds so corny to say, but I am and have always been very... I'm just so proud. I don't ever not want to live in America.”
“Humility begins with seeing who God is, seeing yourself compared to God, and then seeing yourself as God sees you.”
“Shooting stars are not stars at all. They re just rocks that enter the atmosphere and catch fire under friction. What we wish on when we see one is only a trail of debris.”

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