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Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

“Preservationists are the only people in the world who are invariably confirmed in their wisdom after the fact.”

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John Kenneth Galbraith was a renowned economist known for his research on economic cycles, market structures, and government policies. His works have had a profound impact on economic theory and policy practice. more

“Novels are political not because writers carry party cards -- some do, I do not -- but because good fiction is about identifying with and understanding people who are not necessarily like us. By nature all good novels are political because identifying with the other is political. At the heart of the 'art of the novel' lies the human capacity to see the world through others' eyes. Compassion is the greatest strength of the novelist.”

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Author:Orhan Pamuk

“The spiritual battle, the loss of victory, is always in the thought-world.”

World Spiritual Loss Victory Battle

Book:True Spirituality

Source: True Spirituality

“We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have a goal. My goal is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared.”

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Author:Mary Kay Ash

“The hardest fight a man has to fight is to live in a world where every single day someone is trying to make you someone you do not want to be--”

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Author:e. e. cummings

“It is human nature to want to exchange ideas, and I believe that, at bottom, every artist wants no more than to tell the world what he has to say.”

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Author:M. C. Escher

“It is distraction, not meditation, that becomes habitual; interruption, not continuity; spasmodic, not constant toil.”

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Book:Silences

Source: Silences

“Adults look upon a child as something empty that is to be filled through their own efforts, as something inert and helpless for which they must do everything, as something lacking an inner guide and in constant need of inner direction. . . . An adult who acts in this way, even though he may be convinced that he is filled with zeal, love, and a spirit of sacrifice on behalf of his child, unconsciously suppresses the development of the child's own personality.”

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Author:Maria Montessori

“A true bubble is when something is overvalued and intensely believed.”

Bubbles

Author:Peter Thiel

“Your attitude toward the word of God is your attitude toward Jesus (Ps 37:4).”

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Author:David Jeremiah

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