"Language is the soul of intellect, and reading is the essential process by which that intellect is cultivated beyond the commonplace experiences of everyday life."

-- Charles Scribner IV

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“There is hardly anything that an ingenious mind cannot bring itself to doubt, granted sufficient industry and application.”
“When the rich build bigger, they shift the frame of reference that shapes the demands of the near rich, who travel in the same social circles. Perhaps it's now the custom in those circles to host your daughter's wedding reception at home rather than in a hotel or country club. So the near rich feel they too need a house with a ballroom. And when they build bigger, they shift the frame of reference for the group just below them, and so on, all the way down.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“A lot of people still think caring about clothes is a dubious, unserious, frivolous, girlie thing.”
“I want a simple, ordinary life . . . like humans enjoy.”
“The fetters of tyranny were not stricken from America for the sake of Americans alone.”
“When a teacher is paying extra attention to your child, you believe that it's because you raised such an exceptional kid, one that stands out head and shoulders above the rest of her booger-eating friends.”

Source : Drew Magary (2013). “Someone Could Get Hurt: A Memoir of Twenty-First-Century Parenthood”, p.33, Penguin
“It is a rare and high privilege to be in a position to help people understand the differences that they can make not only in their own lives but in the lives of others by simply giving of themselves.”
“Whereas liberals are thought to erupt self-righteously whenever they feel like it, conservatives believe that they themselves are never permitted to say what they really think.”

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