"There is tremendous long-term harm when Americans accept ethnic and class balkanization as a de facto fixture of American life. I think that impoverishes our understanding of each other."

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Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

Richard Benjamin

#Thinking Quotes #Class Quotes #Long Quotes

“I think if you're a 'tiger parent' early on, you don't need to be a 'helicopter parent' in high school.”
“Philosophy fulfills the need to create for ourselves a single and complete concept of the world and of life.”
“The thing about great fictional characters from literature, and the reason that they're constantly turned into characters in movies, is that they completely speak to what makes people human. They're full of flaws as much as they are full of heroics. I think the reason that people love them and hate them so much is because, in some way, they always see a mirror of themselves in them, and you can always understand them on some level. Sometimes it's a terrifyingly dark mirror that's held up.Â ”
“True #leadership isn't the bastion of a few who sit at the top ... We all need to step up, take the risk and put our interests second-not always-but when it counts.”
“When I was young I was constantly reading walls; I took in everything written on walls, from love messages to political messages. It was my hobby and became my art.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I know this sounds ridiculous but I like guys with love handles. I hate a washboard stomach - that does not turn me on.”
“The most precious gift you can bring to your lover is your suffering.”
“You can't talk of the dangers of snake poisoning and not mention snakes.”

Source : "The Grandfather of Preventative Health: A Farewell to Dr. C. Everett Koop" by Adam Bosworth, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 28, 2013.

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