"Why would a man not argue his own shameful culpability, why would he not crave responsibility for disaster, when the alternative was to feel himself to be nothing more than a speck of human dust?"

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Source : FaceBook post by Julie Orringer from Jan 17, 2017

Julie Orringer

#Responsibility Quotes #Men Quotes #Dust Quotes

“Sometimes limbo is a tolerable place to be stuck.”
“You have to make a film and make it interesting, so you can't have a shot of you cleaning your teeth just because you did that. It's boring!”
“Let me ask you: Should only children of the wealthy have access to quality early education? Should only children of the wealthy have access to a college degree? The answer - the only answer - is: no.”

Source : "Lincoln Chafee DNC speech". www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.
“I don't believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.”
“I never trust an executive who tends to pass the buck. Nor would I want to deal with him as a customer or a supplier.”
“It's important to put all I have into my career.”
“All power is from within and therefore under our control”
“You're looking for something, I don't know what I'm looking for, but I'm looking. Writing is a lot about that. When you write a poem. When you write a novel.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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