"John Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath' also speaks urgently to today's concerns: the cratered trail of dreams for Mexican immigrants seeking a promised land in the Western [United States]; the perfidy of banks in foreclosing on poor people's homes; and the insurgent urge of the book's protagonist, Tom Joad, to speak truth to police power. 'Wherever there's a cop beatin' up a guy,' Tom promises, 'I'll be there.' In Salinas, Calif., Ferguson, Mo., or Staten Island, N.Y., Tom's truth goes marching on."

-- Richard Corliss

#Dream Quotes #Book Quotes #Home Quotes

“Peeta looks at the glass again and puts it together. "You mean this will make me puke?" My prep team laughs hysterically. "Of course, so you can keep eating," says Octavia. "I've been in there twice already. Everyone does it, or else how would you have any fun at a feast?”
“I've often thought, I'm nobody. Why would God answer my prayer? But God's not impressed by eloquence; he's impressed by our longing for him.”
“The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.”

Source : Masanobu Fukuoka (2010). “The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming”, p.14, New York Review of Books
“The basic test of freedom is perhaps less in what we are free to do than in what we are free not to do.”
“Having a think about whether you can afford 'this' or 'that' is a good discipline to have, to maximise what you can achieve to the highest standard.”
“To accomplish artistic work, of any individual worth, nature must be seen through the medium of the artist's intellectual emotions.”
“Too often we see the Bible through whatever lens we get from our culture.”
“It doesn't matter how many A-levels you have, what kind of a degree you have, if you have good manners people will like you.”

Source : "Tatler Editor Kate Reardon defends speech to school girls on politeness and good grades" by Jenn Selby, www.independent.co.uk. July 10, 2014.

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