"All of us from The Waltons still love each other. I think were closer than some real families."

-- Michael Learned

#Real Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Real Family Quotes

“There is a difference between criticizing people and criticizing a people's uninformed ideals. That is, unless one defines himself or others by their ideals, then he is offended, and usually offended secretly. Because oddly enough, this person is the same person quickest to resort to dismissive name-calling, such as 'bigot' or 'zealot'. And oddly enough, he is always the one, the 'open-minded' one, who adamantly protests for, not only himself, but others not to listen to any type of scholarly theological truth inherently for the sake of his own personal, moral beliefs.”
“I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.”
“You arrive at a village, and in this calm environment, one starts to hear echo.”
“I'm gonna catch you with your head down tonight. I'm gonna take it off.”
“The earth has a skin and that skin has diseases; one of its diseases is called man.”
“He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act”
“I had phenomenal parents. They kept me very grounded, and I lived a normal life.”
“If you are not getting better, you are getting left behind.”

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