"To know a little less and to understand a little more: that, it seems to me, is our greatest need."

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Source : James Ramsey Ullman (1945). “The White Tower”

James Ramsey Ullman

#Needs Quotes #Littles Quotes

“Let me tell you what is coming. After the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives you may win Southern independence, but I doubt it. The North is determined to preserve this Union. They are not a fiery, impulsive people as you are, for they live in colder climates. But when they begin to move in a given direction, they move with the steady momentum and perseverance of a mighty avalanche.”
“I am drawn to any story that makes me want to read from one sentence to the next. I have no other criterion.”
“I just know that there are a lot of people out there who are younger than I am, and I wish to be a role model for them. If they have a dream, I want to help them keep that motivation high, so that they can realize their dream. I want to show people that they CAN have fun in life.”

Source : "Talk Asia" with Lorraine Hahn, www.cnn.com. November 23, 2005.
“People are so opinionated about things, and they don't even know what they're talking about, or can't even do it themselves.”
“I once had a dream about getting a marriage, house in the country, and at the end of the day we'd retire, but I'm never going to retire.”
“People donâ€™t realize how easy life is to change. You just get on the bus.”
“The media and the rest of popular culture weren't recording people's reactions to 9/11; they were forcing made-up reactions down people's throats.”
“We now have exactly the same situation as we had at the start of the race, only exactly the opposite.”

Source : "First and last: Murray Walker". Interview With Nick Greenslade, www.theguardian.com. October 1, 2005.

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