"We are living in a world where everything is false. The society is like bright paint applied on top of rotten wood."

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Amy Tan

#Rotten Quotes #World Quotes #Woods Quotes

“It's insanity for a party that believes in freedom to allow some Republicans to seize an agenda that is totally alien to the agenda that was established in the election.”
“I'm wishing this was something else I was writing, but, Pops, we've got to let you know we love you and know you'll always be with us.”
“And we would play together, like fine musicians should, And it would sound like music, and the music would sound good. But in real life I'm stuck with that same old formula, me and my monophonic symphony, six string orchestra.”
“Apostles receive revelations from God, and consequently they are able to say 'This is what the Spirit is saying to the churches right now.' Making such a statement with credibility carries with it tremendous authority.”
“Children have become disengaged from nature and we need to reintroduce them to the pleasure that it brings. If we do that they will care for it. Through the simple act of planting a tree we can open their eyes to nature's beauty.”
“I have no regrets. Regrets are meaningless. You can't change yesterday or tomorrow. You can change only this present moment.”
“The United States, knowing no distinction of her own citizens on account of religion or nationality, naturally believes in a civilization the world over which will secure the same universal laws.”
“It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity.”

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