"The piddling ignoramuses who deny that there is a distinct, discernible, objective western tradition are just woozy literati."

-- Camille Paglia

#Tradition Quotes #Deny Quotes #Western Quotes

“I belong to a nation which over the past centuries has experienced many hardships and reverses. The world reacted with silence or with mere sympathy when Polish frontiers were crossed by invading armies and the sovereign state had to succumb to brutal force.”
“I'm always going to have a story to tell.”
“If you defend, rebound and limit turnovers, you're going to put yourself in a position where you can win games”
“People see me now and ask if I'm still running. I may look like I am, but I'm really not. People think I still run every day but I ran for 25 years and I deserve to not do anything but walk or ride the bike with my kids.”

Source : "U.S. Olympic trials: Q&A with legacy athlete Gail Devers". www.oregonlive.com. June 23, 2012.
“Doing too much for others (often at their own expense), many persons are more 'human doings' than human beings.”

Source : Louise Hart (1994). “On the Wings of Self-esteem: A Companion for Personal Transformation”
“I always felt that Hollywood has a way of making you feel outside.”
“That sucks, though," Wes said finally, his voice low. "You're just setting yourself up to fail, because you'll never get everything perfect." "Says who?" He just looked at me. "The world," he said, gesturing all around us, as if this party, this deck encompassed it all. "The universe. There's just no way. And why would you want everything to be perfect, anyway?" "I don't want everything to be perfect," I said. Just me, I thought. Somehow. "I just wantâ€””
“My dog doesn't worry about the meaning of life.Â She may worry if she doesn't get her breakfast, but she doesn't sit around worrying whether she will get fulfilled or liberated or enlightened.Â As long as she gets some food and a little affection, her life is fine.Â But we human beings are not like dogs.Â We have self-centered minds which get us into plenty of trouble.Â If we do not come to understand the error in the way we think, our self-awareness, which is our greatest blessing, is also our downfall.”

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