"A wise nation preserves its records, gathers up its monuments, decorates the tombes of its illustrious dead, repairs its greatest structures and fosters national pride and love of country, by perpetual references to the sacrifices and glories of the past."

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Source : 1871 Address at Framingham, Massachusetts, 31 Aug. Collected in Poems and Essays (1874).

Joseph Howe

#Wise Quotes #Country Quotes #Pride Quotes

“Jackass millionaires, hey, hey, Hollywood, here we come.”
“Every day, a piece of music, a short story, or a poem dies because its existence is no longer justified in our time. And things that were once considered immortal have become mortal again, no one knows them anymore. Even though they deserve to survive.”

Source : Elfriede Jelinek (2010). “The Piano Teacher”, p.64, Profile Books
“I love data. I think it's very important to get it right, and I think it's good to question it.”

Source : "Mary Meeker's misinformation has influence" by Jeff Elder, www.sfgate.com. June 7, 2013.
“I've often been accused by critics of being myself on-screen. But being oneself is more difficult than you'd suppose.”
“I won't mention names, but in my career, the most talented people invariably are the easiest and nicest to get along with.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Nature. As the word is now commonly used it excludes nature's most interesting productions-the works of man. Nature is usually taken to mean mountains, rivers, clouds and undomesticated animals and plants. I am not indifferent to this half of nature, but it interests me much less than the other half.”
“I would say that our patients never really despair because of any suffering in itself! Instead, their despair stems in each instance from a doubt as to whether suffering is meaningful. Man is ready and willing to shoulder any suffering as soon and as long as he can see a meaning in it.”
“There is nothing like a start, and being born, however pessimistic one may become in later years, is undeniably a start.”

Source : William McFee (1921). “Harbours of Memory”

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