"He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest."

-- Solon

#Fame Quotes #Interest Quotes

“The best indicator of a sociopath serial bully is not a clinical diagnosis but the trail of devastation and destruction of lives and livelihoods surrounding this individual throughout their life.”
“It's wrong to put the drug lobby's interests ahead of older Americans.”
“Changing the way we talk is not political correctness run amok. It reflects an admirable willingness to acknowledge others who once were barely visible to the dominant culture, and to recognize that something that may seem innocent to you may be painful to others.”

Source : "Why Slate will no longer refer to Washington’s NFL team as the Redskins". www.slate.com. August 8, 2013.
“The fountain of youth is like the monkeys paw in the W. W. Jacobs story. It never ends well.”
“Louis Armstrong is jazz. He represents what the music is all about.”
“It is not easy to stand up against your constituents or your friends or colleagues or your community and take a tough stand for something you believe is right. Because you always want to keep working and live to fight another battle and it might cost you your career.”
“Christians must respond to evil with good, taking the cross upon themselves as Jesus did”
“Conventional wisdom is no wisdom at all. Conventional wisdom is taking somebody else's word for the way things are It's the followers of this world who rely on assumption. Not the leaders.”

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