"The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community - as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment."

-- Christopher Lasch

#Common Sense Quotes #Community Quotes #Progress Quotes

“In its sentimental mode, compassion is an exercise in moral indignation, in feeling good rather than doing good ... In its unsentimental mode, compassion seeks above all to do good ...”
“Whatever you think, be sure it is what you think; whatever you want, be sure that is what you want; whatever you feel, be sure that is what you feel.”
“The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.”

Source : Speech at Labour Party Conference 1 Oct. 1962, in The Times 2 Oct. 1962
“God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there?”

Source : "Whitney Houston: Return of the troubled diva" by Oliver Marre, www.theguardian.com. September 19, 2009.
“Today we are united, strong and on the move. Today we have a strong strike fund. Today we have the resources to run large-scale organizing campaigns against global employers. Today we have $100 million in the bank.”
“Way too many people are trying to do the same thing with their lives.”
“I stopped thinking too much about what could happen and relied on my physical and mental strength to play the right shots at the right time.”
“They're always surprised with what I want to do and don't want to do. I think they're surprised I don't want to do robo-tech. I don't know, it's like they want me to have a long career. And be prolific and make big movies.”

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