"Vermonters, it seems to me, are like ethnics in their own land. They are exceedingly conscious of their difference from other Americans, and they talk a great deal about outsiders, newcomers, and people from the south."

-- Jan Morris

#Land Quotes #Differences Quotes #People Quotes

“You can give up the need to compete in the world- when you accept being complete in Christ.”
“Revolution is the opium of the intellectuals.”

Source : "Fictional character: Michael Arnold Travis". O Lucky Man!, www.imdb.com. 1973.
“It is a weird feeling to have people go, 'Hey Chris' like they know me. But, number one, 99 percent of my experiences have been really cool. People couldn't be nicer and more positive.”
“The best of men are only men at their very best. Patriarchs, prophets, and apostles, - martyrs, fathers, reformers, puritans, - all are sinners, who need a Savior: holy, useful, honorable in their place - but sinners after all.”
“Users who continually find value in a product are more likely to tell their friends about it.”
“No one can do inspired work without genuine interest in his subject and understanding of its characteristics.”

Source : Andreas Feininger (1952). “Advanced photography: methods and conclusions”
“Art itself is essentially ethical; because every true work of art must have a beauty or grandeur of some kind, and beauty and grandeur cannot be comprehended by the beholder except through the moral sentiment. The eye is only a witness; it is not a judge. The mind judges what the eye reports to it; therefore, whatever elevates the moral sentiment to the contemplation of beauty and grandeur is in itself ethical.”
“I think margins will be destroyed for a bunch of people. If that's true, then it will be good to have alternatives to hedge against that eventuality.”

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