"Normal: lacking in taste, compassion, understanding, kindness, and ordinary human decency."

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Source : Frank Portman (2008). “King Dork”, p.341, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Frank Portman

#Kindness Quotes #Compassion Quotes #Understanding Quotes

“Reproach is usually honest, which is more than can be said of praise.”
“It must be a fault in me that I am not gravely shocked at the sins of others unless they personally affect me.”
“Could it be that by protecting our kids from unhappiness as children, weâ€™re depriving them of happiness as adults?”

Source : "How to Land Your Kid in Therapy" by Lori Gottlieb, www.theatlantic.com. July 2011.
“The belief that the good in American society will finally win out... I don't believe any more.”
“People think I look odd onstage. But the way I deal with being incredibly nervous is by concentrating really hard.”
“Shot at twenty-seven times - what a Dominican number...”
“The U.S. and European markets have become mature, profit margins are lower, and equipment isnt so new. Because profits are relatively low, it limits the willingness of companies to invest in newer equipment.”
“The Toyota style is not to create results by working hard. It is a system that says there is no limit to people's creativity. People don't go to Toyota to 'work' they go there to 'think'.”

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