"As American productivity, once the exuberant engine of national wealth, has dipped to an embarrassingly uncompetitive low, Americans have shaken their heads: the country's old work ethic is dead."

-- Lance Morrow

#Country Quotes #Work Quotes #Ethics Quotes

“The recognition of God is the recognition of yourself.”

Source : Helen Schucman (2008). “Course in Miracles: Includes Text, Workbook for Students, Manual for Teachers) (H)”, p.154, Course in Miracles Society
“The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.”
“Sentences in which I have tried for a certain light tone -- many of those have to do with events, upheavals, destructions that caused me to weep like a child.”
“Effective leadership relationships at a high level include the insertion of a degree of distance from those being served. That may be part of what President Ronald Reagan referred to when he mused that he didn't see how anyone could be president who wasn't an actor.”
“Sometimes it seems as though not a moment has moved, but then you look up and you're already old or you already have a household of kids or you look down and see your feet are miles and miles away from the rest of youâ€”and you realize you've grown up.”
“How to succeed? Try hard enough.”
“A truly global economy, as opposed to the multinational economy of the recent past, will require concessions of national power ... that seemed impossible a few years ago and which even now we can but partly imagine,”
“I had a ton of animals; I had a goat growing up, a bunch of rabbits, a vegetable garden.”

Source : "Actress Kelli Williams". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. July 12, 2010.

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