"Government is too big and important to be left to the politicians."

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Source : Forbes Magazine, vol. 68, 1951.

Chester Bowles

#Government Quotes #Important Quotes #Politics Quotes

“I don't regard fundamentalism in the United States or in Europe as a terrible threat, partly because it is a self-curing disease. The younger generation drifts away, so fundamentalists always have to recruit to keep up with themselves.”
“Hollywood is definitely now embracing a more natural approach to beauty. Staying "youthful-looking" is old news.”
“Kids aren't going to understand single life in New York City”
“For me, it's easier to like more things than to dislike them; I'm not a critic in that sense. I find it easier to like more, to be more open and enjoy more things, which has given me more opportunities.”
“A fish, which you can't see, deep down in the water, is a kind of symbol of peace on earth, good will to yourself. Fishing gives a man ... some time to collect his thoughts and reaarange them kind of neatly, in an orderly fashion. Once the bait is on the hook and the boat is anchored, there's nothing to interfere with thinking except an occasional bite”
“Faith must become more than a verbal proclamation or an intellectual assent. True faith must be acted out.”

Source : Millard Fuller (1995). “Simple Decent Place to Live: The Building Realization of Habitat for Humanity”, p.93, Thomas Nelson Inc
“My fingers curl through the holes in the wicker, through the wet grass beneath it, trying to hold tight to the sharp blades of the present. Somewhere in my brain a sinkhole is bubbling over, and each bubble contains a scene from a tiny sunken world ... I have never been the prophet of my own past before. It makes me wonder how the healthy dreamers can bear to sleep at all, if sleep means that you have to peer into that sinkhole by yourself. ... I had almost forgotten this occipital sorrow, the way you are so alone with the things you see in dreams.”
“Do not merely think that you are great; think that you are great now. Do not think that you will begin to act in a great way at some future time; begin now.”

Source : Wallace D. Wattles (2015). “The Science of Being Great: Personal Self-Help Book of Wallace D. Wattles (Unabridged): From one of The New Thought pioneers, author of The Science of Getting Rich, The Science of Being Well, How to Get What You Want, Hellfire Harrison, How to Promote Yourself and A New Christ”, p.45, e-artnow

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