"Britain, relative to the U.S., is a highly secular society. Philanthropy alone cannot fill the gap left by government cutbacks. And the sources of altruism go deep into our evolutionary past."

-- Jonathan Sacks

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“As far as my creative urge is concerned, I do sit down and write my own music...I'll tell you a writer who I think is a genius: Ray Stevens. He comes up with some of the most fantastic novelty ideas. Dolly Parton also writes well. I like a lot of songs, a lot of writers.”
“Internally, you experience rowing as a graphic microcosm of life - solitude, learning, work, rest, nourishment, sharing and ultimately challenge.”
“I absolutely love working with my dad because there is such an ease about it, and I also love his company.”
“One of those professional drivers hit one of those blockade barriers. It was the first car accident I have ever been in, so I was a little startled.”
“Oh, the comfort - the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person - having neither to weigh thoughts nor to measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together.”
“The trend of offering individualized education plans, curricula, and lessons is going to help students tremendously. â€œTeaching to the middleâ€ is one of the saddest concepts I've ever heard about.”
“Labor Day is seen as a day of rest for many hardworking Americans.”

Source : "Weary U.S. Workers Are Still Experiencing Hard Times" by James P. Hoffa, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 27, 2014.
“Obedience is the burial of the will and the resurrection of humility.”

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