"I do believe that separation can be a bit damaging at times. To be happy about yourself and your culture and all of that is necessary and fulfilling, but the whole tapestry is what's important."

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Chita Rivera

#Believe Quotes #Important Quotes #Culture Quotes

“If God could make angels, why did he bother with men?”

Source : Dagobert D. Runes (2015). “Treasury of Thought”, p.8, Open Road Media
“People are said to believe in God, or to disbelieve in Adam and Eve. But in such cases what is believed or disbelieved is that there is an entity answering a certain description. This, which can be believed or disbelieved is quite different from the actual entity (if any) which does answer the description. Thus the matter of belief is, in all cases, different in kind from the matter of sensation or presentation, and error is in no way analogous to hallucination. A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it.”
“Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel.”
“Since to be loved endures, To love is wise.”

Source : Robert Bridges (1964). “The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges”, p.185, Library of Alexandria
“A man's happiness consists in the free exercise of his highest faculties.”
“I actually put peanut butter on my bagel. I really like peanut butter and I like to ruin the bagel. You know what's even crazier that I do sometimes? I do cinnamon raisin bagels with peanut butter. It is really, really out there.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I guess my approach to adapting books is to treat them with a deep respect on one level and at another level part them to one side and go, 'I'm doing something completely different here.'”
“There is no greater country on Earth for entrepreneurship than America. In every category, from the high-tech world of Silicon Valley, where I live, to University R&D labs, to countless Main Street small business owners, Americans are taking risks, embracing new ideas and - most importantly - creating jobs.”

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