"It was not right to believe anything you couldn't see or hold in your hands or test with your teeth."

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Flannery O'Connor

#Believe Quotes #Hands Quotes #Teeth Quotes

“Why do Americans find government so baffling and irritating-even though many of us depend on public programs for a secure retirement, an affordable mortgage, or a college loan? In this timely and important book, political scientist Suzanne Mettler explains how the United States has come to rely on hidden, indirect policies that privilege special interests but puzzle regular citizens. American democracy can do better, and she shows how. Politicians and the public alike have much to learn from her brilliant and engaging analysis.”
“Live deliberately. Decide: are you the kind of person things happen to, or the kind of person who makes things happen?”
“Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.”
“Love is Stronger. Love and hope are conjoined, if you separate one, you kill the other. If hope survives then love endures. Where even a sliver of love exists, the thinnest of hopes has room to grow.”

Source : Esther Earl, Lori Earl, Wayne Earl (2014). “This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl”, p.375, Penguin UK
“When I was a lawyer, I looked around at the female partners at the law firm - this is many years ago. And there were three. And they were lovely and they had three very different life circumstances and journeys that had gotten them to that vaunted position.”
“The London streets are paths of loveliness; the very omnibuses look like colored archangels, their laps filled full of little trustful souls.”
“I have the opportunity to control what happens in a game. I'll have the ball in my hand, and only I know what I'm going to do with it.”
“You know, I think what the American people want more than anything else right now is someone who's just going to look them in the eye and tell them the truth, even some truths that they don't like. And - but they have to believe the person's speaking from their heart and are authentic.”

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