"When I meet a new person, I am on the lookout for signs of what he or she is loyal to. It is a preliminary clue to the sense of belonging, and hence of his or her humanity."

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Source : Haniel Long (1950). “A letter to St. Augustine: after re-reading his confessions”

Haniel Long

#Humanity Quotes #Loyal Quotes #Clue Quotes

“After 1945 what happened was rather the opposite: with one major exception boundaries stayed broadly intact and people were moved instead.”
“Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue.”
“If we buy into the notion that somehow property rights are less important, or are in conflict with, human or civil rights, we give the socialists a freer hand to attack our property.”
“There's a lot more to be learned, and I'm going to learn all the way up to the stairway to the stars”
“Perhaps,â€ murmured his lordship, â€œI yielded to a compassionate impulse.â€ â€œA what?â€ gasped his best friend. â€œOh, did you think I never did so?â€ said his lordship, the satirical glint in his eyes extremely pronounced. â€œYou wrong me! I do, sometimesâ€”not frequently, of course, but every now and then!”
“Our lives hang in the balance of unpredictable situations. One minute you're driving down the road whistling a tune, the next moment the car right in front of you spins out of control and crashes. How you prepare for those unpredictable occurrences determines whether you live or die. Always leave an empty lane to your right or left for escape.”
“By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself.”
“The first movie I literally ever made in my life was about two guys playing Stratego with each other. I had all my friends dressing up like the military characters in the game. So 'Battleship' is really my second board game turned movie!”

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