“It is said that the American vocabulary has declined by half in the past few decades. It's a tragic instance of desertification following upon monocultural commodity production, the clear-cutting of written and spoken English.” SaidPastHalfClearCuttingWrittenProductionsFollowingDecadesInstanceTragicCommodityVocabularyClear CuttingSpoken English Book:Epicurean Simplicity Source: Epicurean Simplicity
“As I rejected amnesty, so I reject revenge. I ask all Americans who ever asked for goodness and mercy in their lives, who ever sought forgiveness for their trespasses, to join in rehabilitating all the casualties of the tragic conflict of the past.” PastAsksConflictGoodnessMercyRevengeTragicRejectsPatrioticRejectedCasualtiesAmnesty Author:Gerald R. Ford
“Thanks to my ridiculous, sometimes tragic, and always unsteady upbringing, I was given the gift of bone-crushing insecurity. One thing you'll notice about people with mental problems is constant self-absorbation. I think that's because it's such a struggle just to be who they are, so they have a hard time getting past it.” PeopleThinkingSelfSometimesHardProblemPastGivenStruggleOne ThingConstantBonesRidiculousThanksCrushHard TimesTragicInsecurityUpbringing Author:Mark Oliver