"There is no appeal from the ways of the world, which must continue on its own terms or take us all down with it into chaos and confusion."

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Source : Mark Van Doren (1961). “The Happy Critic and Other Essays”

Mark Van Doren

#Confusion Quotes #Society Quotes #Way Quotes

“White supremacy has taught white people to be racially, culturally, & politically illiterate.”
“Without continuous effort there cannot be continuous achievement.”
“he very word "patient" implies passivity and powerlessness. Me-teacher-you-dumbbell, or me-doctor-you-patient, or me-politician-you-voter, or any other paternalistic or maternalistic stay-in-your-place tradition will not pass muster with me.”
“Obviously, I'm not a trained actress, and right now I'll come out and say I'm glad I'm not.”
“It is now, more than ever, necessary that political leaders be outstanding for honesty, integrity and commitment to the common good.”
“Shift from being afraid of making a mistake to being afraid of not making a mistake. If you are not making any mistakes, you are not learning or growing”
“I just stopped reading a lot of books. I mean, I read books that I have to read for school, but I don't actually pick up a book and read for fun. On my time off, I go to movies, hang out with friends, go shopping...just little things.”
“I had a happy, dramafree youth, growing up in an upper-middle-class neighborhood in Dallas, Texas. The only thing that was slightly unusual compared to most of my friends was that I was an only child... I don't think that's why my parents gave me a dummy, at least they've never copped to it.”

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