"Big business is basic to the very life of this country; and yet many -perhaps most - Americans have a deep-seated fear and an emotional repugnance to it. Here is monumental contradiction."

-- David Lilienthal

#Country Quotes #Emotional Quotes #Contradiction Quotes

“I didn't want to have to call a cab if I went to the supermarket. So I eventually got a bike, just a beach cruiser, and I rode that thing all over town. I rode it everywhere. I rode it in the rain, I rode it as much as I possibly could. Anytime I could afford the independence of the bike, I used the bike.”

Source : "Paul F. Tompkins on how and why he spent 25 years without a driver's license". Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. October 10, 2015.
“I've got forward momentum. There's no virtue in it. It's just a balancing act. I don't dare stop.”
“To me, my Dad's the greatest guy - next to Jesus Christ - who ever walked this planet. He's been that outstanding male role model in my life. And he's still the same guy I grew up around, very conscious of the image he sets forth. As he would say, 'Wouldn't do anything behind your back that I wouldn't do to your face.'”
“Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.”

Source : "Markings". Book by Dag Hammarskjöld, 1963.
“I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.”
“The real question one should ask when presented with a puzzle is, â€˜Should I solve it? Do I really need to know the answer?”

Source : Tony DiTerlizzi (2012). “The Search for WondLa”, p.96, Simon and Schuster
“The learned man knows that he is ignorant.”
“Flying is like the ultimate superpower; it's just, like, the coolest thing.”

Source : "Exclusive Q&A: Big Time Rush". Interview with Gayatri Rajagopalan, www.teenvogue.com. June 27, 2012.

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