"Gratitudeâ€™s got a short half-life, Clarice."

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Thomas Harris

#Gratitude Quotes #Half Quotes #Half Life Quotes

“At certain historic moments, grandparents took on childrearing responsibilities. In many cultures, they still do. Chinese grandparents who are able to retire at 55 are seen all over Beijing bouncing grandbabies. In the United States, we can't afford to retire at 55.”
“That's a great team we lost to. It just wasn't our day.”
“We are losing our environment so rapidly.”
“All my days I have longed equally to travel the right road and to take my own errant path.”
“That was the peak. I just knew it was modern, not traditional culture. I could be cool”
“The hand of opposition is never exposed.”

Source : Chancellor Williams (1993). “The Rebirth of African Civilization”
“People of good character are not all going to come down on the same side of difficult political and social issues. Good people-people of character and moral literacy-can be conservative, and good people can be liberal. We must not permit our disputes over thorny political questions to obscure the obligation we have to offer instruction to all our young people in the area in which we have, as a society, reached a consensus: namely, on the importance of good character, and some of its pervasive particulars.”

Source : "The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Great Moral Stories". Book edited by William Bennett, 1993.
“Music has always been a part of my life. I make music all the time.”

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