"Charity erodes the cultural prerequisites for a vigorous democracy."

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Source : Janet Poppendieck (1999). “Sweet Charity?: Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement”, p.255, Penguin

Janet Poppendieck

#Democracy Quotes #Charity Quotes #Erode Quotes

“A man may lack everything but tact and conviction and still be a forcible speaker; but without these nothing will avail... Fluency, grace, logical order, and the like, are merely the decorative surface of oratory.”
“I'm fascinated by musicians who don't completely understand their territory; that's when you do your best work.”
“Believe in your flyness...conquer your shyness”
“Often my very first flash of colour recognition, before it has been processed by the rest of the information in my brain, is the right one.”
“Certes, je sortirai quant a'Â Â moi satisfait D'un monde oÂ u' l'action n'est pas la soeur du re"Â ve. Indeed, for my part, I shall be happy to leave A world where action is not sister to the dream.”
“I have my ethics and morals. I have my anchor point of what is right and wrong in real life, but I'm not afraid to entertain any and every aspect of personality in relationship to creating a character.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“You see, you closed your eyes. That was the difference. Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too--even when youâ€™re in the dark. Even when youâ€™re falling.”

Source : "Fictional character: Morrie Schwartz". "Tuesdays with Morrie", www.imdb.com. 1999.
“I think life is sort of like a competition, whether it's in sports, or it's achieving in school, or it's achieving good relationships with people. And competition is a little bit of what it's all about.”

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