"I hold to the idea that civility, understood as the willingness to engage in public discourse, is the first virtue of citizens."

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Source : "The World We Want: Virtue, Vice, and the Good Citizen". Book by Mark Kingwell, 2000.

Mark Kingwell

#Ideas Quotes #Citizens Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”
“For me, when I grew up playing music, I played music in church and people were shouting and having a big time, and church wasn't something where it was subdued. If you played something, you brought it to church with you.”

Source : "Interview with Alabama's Randy Owen". Interview with Scott Ross, www.cbn.com.
“I left Somalia when I was seven years old, but I witnessed a whole year in a war.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“In randori, one must search out the opponent's weaknesses and be ready to attack with all the resources at his disposal the moment the opportunity presents itself, without violating the rules of judo.”
“Maturity means learning the value of that which is hard-earned.”

Source : Philip Toshio Sudo (2013). “Zen Guitar”, p.76, Simon and Schuster
“I do think that if you are trying to think empirically about the relationship between conscious experience and the underlying physical reality, wine provides an excellent practical example. Winemakers manipulate the chemicals they are dealing with in a way that is very sensitive to the kinds of effects it will have on the subjective experience of tasters - this is not an accident.”
“'Tis better to be known as a good man than a great one, for greatness is an assessment of mortals; goodness a gift of God.”
“Marijuana is beneficial to many patients”

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