"There are three kinds of people who run toward disaster, not away: cops, firemen and reporters."

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Rod Dreher

#Running Quotes #People Quotes #Three Quotes

“A good addiction is a contradiction in terms. Anything people can't give up or must have is not healthy, no matter what the activity.”
“All artists dream of a silence which they must enter, as some creatures return to the sea to spawn.”
“Life is a phenomenon sui generis, a primal fact in its own right, like energy. Cut flesh or wood how you like, hack at them in a baffled fury—you cannot find life itself, you can only see what it built out of the lifeless dust.”
“There is a huge body of business evidence now showing that energy savings give better service at lower cost with higher profit. We have to tear down barriers to successful markets and we have to create incentives to enter them.”
“Poverty, chastity, and obedience are extremely difficult. But there are always the graces if you will pray for them.”

Source : Kathryn Hulme, Edward Streeter, Helen Howe, Frank O'Rourke, Winston Graham (1956). “The Nun's Story, Merry Christmas Mr. Baxter, The Success, The Diamond Hitch, The Sleeping Partner”
“I would like to carve my novel in a piece of wood.”
“I should be able to express moral views on social issues. . . without being slandered, accused of hate speech, and told from those who preach â€˜toleranceâ€™ that I need to either bend my beliefs to THEIR moral standards or be silent when Iâ€™m in the public square.”

Source : "Kirk Cameron Says He Is a Victim of 'Hate Speech' and 'Slander' After He Calls Homosexuality 'Unnatural, Detrimental and Destructive' on National TV". www.dailymail.co.uk. March 07, 2012.
“Happiness and a positive attitude are gifts you can pass along. So get out there and start giving.”

Source : Denise Austin (2001). “Fit and Fabulous After 40: A 5-Part Program for Turning Back the Clock”, Broadway

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