"...his job was the very least important part of his life, never to be mentioned except in irony."

-- Richard Yates

#Jobs Quotes #Important Quotes #Irony Quotes

“If you look at the early nineteenth century you see the idea that we educate children to be voters and to be participants in our popular democracy. And then at the turn of the century when more and more immigrants are coming into the schools, Americanization becomes a more explicit part of the agenda.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Difference of opinion leads to enquiry, and enquiry to truth; and I am sure...we both value too much the freedom of opinion sanctioned by our Constitution, not to cherish its exercise even where in opposition to ourselves.”
“I make a good living selling hardback books through paper publishers, and I have many friends in the industry who will suffer as it changes, so on a personal level, the transition to digital isnt something I welcome wholeheartedly.”

Source : "Paper Earthworks and Digital Tides" by Barry Eisler, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 24, 2010.
“If youâ€™re reading to find friends, youâ€™re in deep trouble. We read to find life, in all its possibilities. The relevant question isnâ€™t â€˜Is this a potential friend for me?â€™ but â€˜Is this character alive?'”
“I'm every woman's dream and every man's nightmare.”

Source : FaceBook post by Ric Flair, The Nature Boy from Jun 16, 2016
“Humor gives presidents the chance to be seen as warm, relaxed persons. Humor reaches out and puts its arm around the listener and says, 'I am one of you, I understand,' and implicitly it promises, 'I will do something about your problems.”
“The Room is a drama that is also a comedy that is also an existential cry for help that is finally a testament to human endurance.”

Source : Greg Sestero, Tom Bissell (2014). “The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made”, p.15, Simon and Schuster
“The comfortable thing about the study of history is that it inclines us to think hopefully of our own times.”

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