“In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability.”
-John Kenneth Galbraith
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“The downright fanatic is nearer to the heart of things than the cool and slippery disputant.”
-Edwin Hubbel Chapin
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“Life expectancy in many parts of Africa can be something around the age of thirty five to thirty eight. I mean you’re very fortunate if you live to that age. In fact when I went to Uganda for the first time one of the things that occurred to me was that I saw very few elderly people.”
-Annie Lennox
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“We all have a social mask, right? We put it on, we go out, put our best foot forward, our best image. But behind that social mask is a personal truth, what we really, really believe about who we are and what we’re capable of.”
-Phil McGraw
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“It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile.”
-Sting
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“After the Great Depression and after public urging, a nationwide public competition was held to determine a design for a memorial that would honor President Thomas Jefferson’s bold vision for westward expansion for America.”
-Russ Carnahan