"One of the most destructive things that's happening in modern society is that we are losing our sense of the bonds that bind people together - which can lead to nightmares of social collapse."

-- Alexander McCall Smith

#People Quotes #Together Quotes #Losing Quotes

“A critic knows more than the author he criticizes, or just as much, or at least somewhat less.”
“If you will not have it thus: if in the pride of power, if in contempt of reason and reliance upon force, you say we shall not go, but shall remain as subjects to you, then, gentlemen of the North, a war is to be inaugurated the like of which men have not seen....”
“The living room is a monument to my impulsive spending habits. I've got more than two hundred DVDs, including cinematic greats such as Monkey Bone, Corkey Romano, and A Night at the Roxbury, leading me to believe not only do I have awful taste in films, but I also have a Chris Kattan fixation. What I don't have is $4000 earing intrest in a money market account.”
“I used to be an angry man myself. Iâ€™m a recovering assaholic so I could recognize that in Steve. (quoting Jean-Louis GassÃ©e)”
“Many people believe that making themselves the key person in their lives is a bad thing. It's simply good common sense. After all, you're the only person who's with you 24/7 until you draw your last breath.”

Source : "8 Principles for Having Fun" by Lauren Mackler, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 24, 2010.
“Never again clutter your days or nights with so many menial and unimportant things that you have no time to accept a real challenge when it comes along.”
“You can't be too right too soon and win elections.”
“Canada's ruling circles seek to ally themselves more closely with American imperialism without giving up the economic advantages of membership in the British Empire.”

Source : "Tim Buck A Conscience for Canada". Book by Oscar Ryan, 1957.

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