"Traditionalists will have to master techniques of sustained activism formerly monopolized by the left."

-- Christopher Lasch

#Technique Quotes #Masters Quotes #Owners Quotes

“In New York, we had primary elections for mayor. To improve their chances, all five candidates changed their name to Rudy Giuliani.”
“On Being Blue celebrates both language and that which it represents and carefully draws our attention to that difficult middle ground on which the writer finds himself in lifelong struggle to join the two without sullying or smearing the clarities of either.”
“You'll be surprised how much better you feel about the world when you feel better about your self.”
“You have to lean into the turn. On every creative aspect, you have to lean into what's working.”
“My songs will pass and be forgotten. What counts, however, is that I sang them.”

Source : Andrew M. Greeley (2002). “Letters to a Loving God: A Prayer Journal”, p.182, Rowman & Littlefield
“Through all he said, even through his appalling sentimentality, I was reminded of something-an elusive rhythm, a fragment of lost words, that I heard somewhere a long time ago. For a moment a phrase tried to take shape in my mouth and my lips parted like a dumb man's, as though there was more struggling upon them than a wisp of startled air. But they made no sound and what I had almost remembered was uncommunicable forever.”
“The Methodists love your big sinners, as proper subjects to work upon.”
“I love Vermont because of her hills and valleys, her scenery and invigorating climate, but most of all because of her indomitable people. They are a race of pioneers who have almost beggared themselves to serve others. If the spirit of liberty should vanish in other parts of the Union, and support of our institutions should languish, it could all be replenished from the generous store held by the people of this brave little state of Vermont.”

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