“Mom & pop stores are not about something small; they are about something big. Ninety percent of all U.S. businesses are family owned or controlled. They are important not only for the food, drink, clothing, and tools they sell us, but also for providing us with intellectual stimulation, social interaction, and connection to our communities. We must have mom & pop stores because we are social animals. We crave to be part of the marketplace.” ImportantBigsSocialCommunityAnimalMomDrinkIntellectualPercentToolsConnectionsSellsPopsStoresControlledClothingsInteractionProvidingNinetyCraveMarketplaceOur CommunityStimulationSocial Interaction Book:The Mom & Pop Store: True Stories from the Heart of America Source: The Mom & Pop Store: True Stories from the Heart of America
“When the animals entered the Ark in pairs, one may imagine that allied species made much private remark on each other, and were tempted to think that so many forms feeding on the same store of fodder were eminently superfluous, as tending to diminish the rations.” ThinkingMayMadeFormAnimalImagineSpeciesStoresPairsImagine ThatFeedingDiminishTemptedRemarksSuperfluousArkFodderRations Book:Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Source: Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)