"I'm comparing Americans to international peers in terms of GDP, educational system - the sort of benchmarks we used to designate a so-called developed society. In that sense, we are outliers. Are we suckers? Yes, but it's not just that. That puts too fine a point on what I am saying. We're not idiots and victims. It's about us as a people, compared with, say, Canadians, believing whatever we believe because, well, we're Americans, we feel this way without regard for what scholars and scientists say."

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Source : Source: www.chicagotribune.com

Kurt Andersen

#Educational Quotes #Believe Quotes #People Quotes

“A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.”
“O that our hearts were enlarged in love to God, that we might turn inward, to the blessed comforter, that the blessed Jesus said the Father would send.”

Source : Elias Hicks (1828). “The Quaker, Being a Series of Sermons by Members of the Society of Friends ...”, p.222
“I have an almost seven year old... I think it's essential to be consistent with kids. And truthful, without scaring them. I could go on for hours on this one.”
“People are reading news for free on the web, that's got to change.”
“Comics are carried by characters. If a character is well-created, the comic becomes a hit.”

Source : Kazuo Koike (2014). “Path of the Assassin: Comparison of a man. Volume 3”, p.305, Dark Horse Comics
“I never question God. Sometimes I say, 'Why me? Why do I have such a hard life? Why do I have this disease? Why do I have siblings who died?' But then I think and say, 'Why not me?'”
“An individual who can freely and with a clear heart do things because they're fun is a very sane person.”
“You donâ€™t think of Shakespeare being a child, do you? Shakespeare being seven? He was seven at some point. He was in somebodyâ€™s English class, wasnâ€™t he? How annoying would that be?”

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