"The colour of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers."

-- Benjamin Banneker

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“A lot of people do that kind of nostalgia stuff believing that they were very happy in their teenage years, but that's probably just an illusion.”
“Retirement security is often compared to a three-legged stool supported by Social Security, employer-provided pension funds, and private savings.”

Source : "Social Security at 75: Don’t Mess With Success" by Rep. Sandy Levin, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 16, 2010.
“However, to be a coach I think you have to have a lot of patience. You have to understand what they have going on in their lives and it's a very rewarding career but you also need to know that your not going to get paid a ton of money and you have to be patient with people and a good listener.”
“Why is she afraid?" he asked. "She's not Anjin-san. Just a little nervous. Please excuse her. She's never seen a foreigner close to before." "Tell her when the moon's full, barbarians sprout horns and fire comes out of our mouths like dragons.”
“People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, that they're all asleep at the switch. Consequently we are living in the Age of Human Error.”

Source : Florence King (1990). “Reflections In A Jaundiced Eye”, p.108, Macmillan
“In an age in which infidelity abounds, do we observe parents carefully instructing their children in the principles of faith which they profess? Or do they furnish their children with arguments for the defense of that faith? ...it is not surprising to see them abandon a position which they are unable to defend.”
“Everything worth doing starts with being scared.”
“I went to my dad when I was 17 and said, 'I want to be a country music star.' Which every dad loves to hear. And he said, 'I want you to go to college.' So we had a discussion. And I'm pretty stubborn. I'm a lot like him. And he said, 'If you go to college and graduate, I'll pay your first six months of rent in Nashville.' So he bribed me.”

Source : "Eric Church sings 'naked'". Interview with Whitney Pastorek, ew.com. May 10, 2007.

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