"The '50s was a pretty wonderful time for people, it was hopeful."

-- Chris Isaak

#People Quotes #Hopeful Quotes #Wonderful Quotes

“There do remain dispersed in the soil of human nature divers seeds of goodness, of benignity, of ingenuity, which, being cherished, excited, and quickened by good culture, do, by common experience, thrust out flowers very lovely, and yield fruits very pleasant of virtue and goodness.”

Source : Isaac Barrow (1839). “The Sermons and Expository Treatises of Isaac Barrow: With a Life of the Author”, p.145
“It was one of those rare times when remembering the dead was more inmportant than tending to the needs of the living.”
“I know you lawyers can with ease, Twist words and meanings as you please; That language, by your skill made pliant, Will bend to favour every client; That 'tis the fee directs the sense, To make out either side's pretense.”

Source : John Gay, Marcus Walsh (2003). “Selected Poems”, p.85, Taylor & Francis
“It's essential for us to develop an imagination that is participatory. Art is the primary way in which this happens. It's the primary way in which we become what we see or hear.”
“Like anything, you just need to stay true to who you are and hope that social constructs don't get in the way of accomplishing your goals.”
“Leadership is accomplishing something through other people that wouldn't have happened if you weren't there. . . Leadership is being able to mobilize ideas and values that energize other people. . . . Leaders develop a story line that engages other people.”
“I happen to believe that we should move to a Medicare-for-all single-payer system, similar to what other countries around the world have.”
“I do good when people doubt me. When someone says I can't do something, I want to do more. I won't back down from anybody.”

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