"The salient mystery of Dark Ages sets the stage for mass amnesia. People living in vigorous cultures typically treasure those cultures and resist any threat to them. How and why can a people so totally discard a formerly vital culture that it becomes vitally lost."

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Jane Jacobs

#Dark Quotes #People Quotes #Age Quotes

“The truth is that every book we read, like every person we meet, has the capacity to change our lives. And though we can be sure our children will meet people, we must, must create, these days, their chance to meet books.”
“The wishes of the people, seldom founded in deep disquisitions, or resulting from other reasonings than their present feelings, may not entirely accord with our true policy and interest. If they do not, to observe a proper line of conduct for promoting the one, and avoiding offence to the other, will be a work of great difficulty.”
“It's your ability to learn quickly and contribute quickly that matters. One of the things I tell people these days is that there is no perfect fit when you're looking for the next big thing to do. You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around. The ability to learn is the most importantÂ qualityÂ a leader can have.”
“Man is the universe becoming conscious of itself.”

Source : Greg Iles (2004). “The Footprints of God”, p.292, Simon and Schuster
“As for the largest-hearted of us, what is the word we write most often in our cheque-books? "Self.”

Source : Eden Phillpotts (1918). “A Shadow Passes”
“There's been a lot of times that I thought I'd never work again; I was really bummed out.”
“Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it's done right.”
“The ex-Presidential situation has its advantages, but with them are certain drawbacks. The correspondence is large. The meritorious demands on one are large. More independent out than in place, but still something of the bondage of the place that was willingly left. On the whole, however, I find many reasons to be content.”

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