"we are so many and many within themselves travel to far islands but no one asks for their story...."

-- Denise Levertov

#Travel Quotes #Islands Quotes #Stories Quotes

“Wait, and hope" (The Count of Monte Cristo)”
“I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.”
“In the modern world, we Americans are the old inhabitants. We first had political freedom, high industrial production, an economy of abundance.”

Source : Paul Goodman (2011). “Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized Society”, p.127, New York Review of Books
“Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.”

Source : Speech accepting nomination for president at Republican National Convention, San Francisco, Cal., 16 July 1964
“I... do... not... do... lightning.”
“I dont want someone else to go through and live through the life that I have had to live through in terms of the challenges that I face.”

Source : "Paralyzed Rep. to Showcase Gun Victims at State of the Union" by John Parkinson, abcnews.go.com. February 12, 2013.
“People in the United States, including me, are naturally inclined to support Israel. I'm an evangelical Christian who teaches the Bible every Sunday at my church. I teach half the Old Testament and half the New Testament. We Americans identify the Hebrews, the Israelites, with ourselves.”
“To cherish and stimulate the activity of the human mind, by multiplying the objects of enterprise, is not among the least considerable of the expedients, by which the wealth of a nation may be promoted.”

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