"When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before."

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Source : Any Number Can Play "War and Peace, Fifteen Years After" (1957)

Clifton Fadiman

#Book Quotes #Classic Quotes

“My daughter's name is Neesyn Dacey but everyone calls her Dacey. Her mom chose Neesyn and I chose Dacey after she was born. The mother is a good friend of mine who I was seeing a while ago. We are no longer together.”
“Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty.”
“Technology makes the world a new place.”
“Country music fans are extremely passionate and loyal. It seems that country artists have longer-lasting careers because the fans stick with the artists through thick and thin.”
“The Palio is shrouded in mystery and secrecy, and the players can't discuss their devious schemes.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“Faith in the resurrection of Jesus says that there is a future for every human being; the cry for unending life which is a part of the person is indeed answered... God exists: that is the real message of Easter. Anyone who even begins to grasp what this means also knows what it means to be redeemed.”
“If you want to look at a purely socialized health care, you would have to go to the United States, where we have it. In particular, that's the system we reserve for our veterans. So if I hear politicians run down socialized medicine - and I have done that before the Congress - I say: Do you hate your veterans? Why do you reserve purely socialized medicine - there's only the U.S. and Cuba that have that - for the veterans? So getting the terms right would be very, very helpful in our national conversation on health reform.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“If, unable to solve the mysteries of Providence, we plunge into Atheism, we only increase a thousand fold the darkness by which we are surrounded”

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