"Few of us ever test our powers of deduction, except when filling out an income tax form"

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Laurence J. Peter

#Income Quotes #Tests Quotes #Form Quotes

“Native Americans are not and must not be props in a sort of theme park of the past, where we go to have a good time and see exotic cultures. â€œWhat we have done to the peoples who were living in North Americaâ€ is, according to anthropologist Sol Tax, â€œour Original Sin.”

Source : James W. Loewen (2013). “Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong”, p.117, The New Press
“No time is better spent than that spent in the service of your fellow man.”
“Onstage it was always comfortable for me because that's where I felt at home. Offstage it was a different situation. I was still shy offstage and unfortunately, my shyness and my inability to communicate and really have great conversations or be part of the gang - in inverted commas - led me to the drug addiction, which, you know, blighted my life for 16 years because I thought by doing that it would make me join in.”
“It is often argued that the people who will be affected by a major decision should be involved in it. Paul Kruger, president of the Transvaal in southern Africa, once resolved a dispute between two brothers about a land inheritance they were to share. Kruger's decision: let one brother divide the land, and let the other brother have first choice.”
“The longing for order is at the same time a longing for death, because life is an incessant disruption of order.”
“They liked me so long as the liquor flowed at my house, but I haven't seen any of them around lately.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“One of the most important qualities for any young athlete is the ability to believe in oneself. If you have confidence in yourself, in your teammates and your coach, you will succeed.”

Source : Source: eppc.org
“I was a black center in the middle of all the nature. I was nothing, but I could do anything.”

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