"A person who wills to have a good will, already has a good will--in its rudiments. There is solid satisfaction in knowing that the mere desire to get out of an old habit is a material advance upon the condition of submergence in that habit. The longest step toward cleanliness is made when one gains--nothing but dissatisfaction with dirt."

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Source : William Ernest Hocking, Ph.D. (1912). “The Meaning of God in Human Experience”

William Ernest Hocking

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“Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived.”
“Traditional marriage in the platform is the essential building block to our civilization.”

Source : Source: www.nbcnews.com
“No matter whether you are new or an old team member, you need time to adjust to one another.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“A greater national focus on the criticality of educational equity is needed in order to mobilize the masses and invite everyone to be a part of the solution. Only when every person on the street realizes the role she can play in this movement, can we begin to change the conversations around education.”
“I'm definitely not an outsider artist. I'm very much an insider artist. I get written about in art magazines, and I'm not, like, in a mental institution. I'm a regular guy who went to art school.”
“Any star can be devoured by human adoration, sparkle by sparkle.”

Source : "A Patchwork Sampler". Book by Marjorie Anderson, December 2010.
“I saw [ that I and my father, Cecil end our careers with 319 home runs] after I retired. It was just weird. With all the games we played, neither one of us could hit one more home run? Obviously, it was supposed to go that way. It's a pretty cool thing, I guess.”

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“People must understand that science is inherently neither a potential for good nor for evil. It is a potential to be harnessed by man to do his bidding.”

Source : 1964 Interview, 29 Sep.

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