"I think that the U.S. does have this very much more open attitude, and I admire it very much and I think it's very important to the world. But the information and the discussion sometimes come too late, after the effective decision has been made."

-- E. P. Thompson

#Attitude Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Decision Quotes

“Democracy used to be a good thing, but now it has gotten into the wrong hands.”

Source : "Stupidity is not a resignable offense" by Mark Shields, www.cnn.com. March 17, 2003.
“Festivals become a family because you start seeing the same people.”
“If more people recognized the difference between friendship and mere attraction, or how love must partake of both to prosper, I expect there'd be more happy people." "And a lot fewer poems and plays," I said, laughing as I splashed about in the scented water.”
“Joan Mitchell, Joan Baez, Judy Collins - that was my mom's era.”

Source : Interview with Gregg Shapiro, chicago.gopride.com. June 23, 2016.
“The good thing about writing books is that you can dream while you are awake. If itâ€™s a real dream, you cannot control it. When writing the book, you are awake; you can choose the time, the length, everything. I write for four or five hours in the morning and when the time comes, I stop. I can continue the next day. If itâ€™s a real dream, you canâ€™t do that.”
“I know that doesn't sound very radical and webby of me to say that but I think the New York Times is important. I also think there's an occasional piece that will pop out.”
“Modern Christians, especially those in the Western world, have generally been found wanting in the area of holiness of body. Gluttony and laziness, for example, were regarded by earlier Christians as sin. Today we may look on these as weaknesses of the will but certainly not sin. We even joke about our overeating and other indulgences instead of crying out to God in confession and repentance.”
“I find that through the sad times, work is what made my continuing, not breaking down, possible. In work, I was always someone else and I subconsciously reveled in that.”

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