“a large percentage of bright young men and women locate the impetus behind their career choice in the belief that they are fundamentally different from the common run of man, unique and in certain crucial ways superior, more as it were central, meaningful - what else could explain the fact that they themselves have been at the exact center of all they've experienced for the whole 20 years of their conscious lives? - and that they can and will make a difference in their chosen field simply by the fact of their unique and central presence to it...” MenWayYearsHas BeensDifferentWholeFactsRunningYoungCertainChoicesBeliefDifferencesCommonBehindsCareersFieldsUniqueConsciousMen And WomenMeaningfulChosenSuperiorsYoung ManMaking A DifferenceCrucialPercentagesImpetusCareers Choices Author:David Foster Wallace
“The crucial fact to realize about all the powerful machinery of the Corporate State - its laws, structure, political system - is that it possesses no mind.” MindStatesFactsLawPoliticalRealizingPowerfulStructureCorporateCrucialMachineryPolitical Systems Book:The Greening of America Source: The Greening of America
“He's a tremendous breath of fresh air. The things he [Pope Francis] has done in a short period of time: the fact that he does not live in a huge papal mansion and just dropped by in the dining room where ordinary people have meals. You think of his background, where he didn't use limousines in South America, that he used public transport. I'm so, so thrilled that he is there at this crucial moment in the history of our world.” PeopleThinkingWorldDoeDoneMomentsFactsUseAmericaUsedRoomsAirHugePeriodsOrdinaryBreathsSouthBackgroundsMealsOur WorldCrucialPopeOrdinary PeopleTransportMansionsDiningFresh AirSouth AmericaDining RoomsLimousinesCrucial Moments Author:Desmond Tutu
“The Atonement of Jesus Christ is rightfully seen as the central fact, the crucial foundation, and the chief doctrine of the plan of salvation, which we are called to teach.” FactsJesusChristTeachPlansJesus ChristFoundationSalvationDoctrineChiefsCrucialAtonementPlan Of Salvation Author:Jeffrey R. Holland