"We must walk before we run."

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Source : George Henry Borrow (1851). “Lavengro: the scholar--the gypsy--the priest”, p.15

George Henry Borrow

#Running Quotes #Walks Quotes #Walking Quotes

“Conceptually, we may call truth what we cannot change; metaphorically, it is the ground on which we stand and the sky that stretches above us.”
“In place of the old beliefs of a civilization based on godliness, judgment and historical loyalty, young people are given the new beliefs of a society based on equality and inclusion, and are told that the judgment of other lifestyles is a crime. ... The "non-judgmental" attitude towards other cultures goes hand-in-hand with a fierce denunciation of the culture that might have been one's own”
“I understand all the work to be of a nonabstract nature regardless of the style, form, or explicit subject matter because all the work... is concerned with evoking experiences that are in themselves - and their relationship to you, the viewer - the ultimate subject and content of the work. I want to equate the experience of the work with its meaning.”
“Every time I see the bumper sticker that says â€œWe think weâ€™re humans having spiritual experiences, but weâ€™re really spirits having human experiences,â€ I (a) think itâ€™s true and (b) want to ram the car.”
“It's not so simple to just walk into the desert and cleanse your soul like some new age, snap your fingers, it's all done.”
“Fundamentalism - of any variety - is a form of illiteracy, in that it asserts that it is necessary to read only one book.”
“Legal and illegal activities had become inextricably intertwined.”

Source : "The Globalization of Poverty and the New World Order". Book by Michel Chossudovsky, 2003.
“My Grandmother would say, 'Make sure you look good. Make sure you speak well. Make sure you remain that Southern gentleman that I've taught you to be.'”

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