"Most of man's problems upon this planet, in the long history of the race, have been met and solved either partially or as a whole by experiment based on common sense and carried out with courage."

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Source : Frances Perkins (1934). “People at work”

Frances Perkins

#Men Quotes #Race Quotes #Long Quotes

“It's really football, tennis, and golf that I watch other than hockey.”
“Don't drink to get drunk. Drink to enjoy life.”
“It's kind of strange-- in fiction you get to tell lies and are applauded for it.”

Source : Robert James Waller (2009). “Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend”, p.43, Hachette UK
“Since God intends to make you like Jesus, he will take you through the same experiences Jesus went through. That includes loneliness, temptation, stress, criticism, rejection, and many other problems.”
“Alas! Alas! Life is full of disappointments; as one reaches one ridge there is always another and a higher one beyond which blocks the view.”

Source : Fridtjof Nansen (1897). “The First Crossing of Greenland”, Longmans, Green
“When you're going for a joke, you're stuck out there if it doesn't work. There's nowhere to go. You've done the drum role and the cymbal clash and you're out on the end of the plank.”
“I pinned Kurt Angle two weeks ago in that tag match...so...I think I've proven that I can hang with the Olympic Hero.”
“Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.”

Source : Republican National Convention Speech, delivered 3 September 2008, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota

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