"I think there's a suspicion in the South of people putting on airs. You see it in most successful Southern politicians, but you also see it in someone like Richard Petty, who may be a multimillionaire stock car driver, but he's also beloved because he has a nice self-deprecatory way about him."

-- John Shelton Reed

#Nice Quotes #Successful Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“We forget ourselves and our destinies in health, and the chief use of temporary sickness is to remind us of these concerns.”
“I always say, 'Books beat boredom,' said Amanda wisely.”
“Surely love is both work and wages.”
“Is he under the influence or something?”
“I learnt not to be desperate in bad times, and I am learning not to be bullish when times are good.”

Source : "Dynasty calls". www.economist.com. May 08, 2008.
“No great advance has ever been made in science, politics, or religion, without controversy.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 162, 1895.
“I have so much to do! And there's so little time!”

Source : JOHN GUNTHER “DEATH BE NOT PROUD”
“Instead of generating either unnecessary alarm or a false sense of security regarding these fundamental issues, the best course is to empower people with the truth.”

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