America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago. ~Eric Alterman
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Man unites himself with the world in the process of creation. ~Erich Fromm
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Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
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Who are you? The band sang. I tried to remember but I really couldn't say. ~Janet Fitch
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships. ~Tom Robbins
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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The scenic ideals that surround even our national parks are carriers of a nostalgia for heavenly bliss and eternal calmness. ~Robert Smithson
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I am "too fiery," yet I wish to be seen as I am and I would lose all rather than soften away anything. ~Margaret Fuller
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. ~Jane Austen
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains. ~Gregory Bateson
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Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing. ~Carrie Fisher
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The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right. ~Mark Twain
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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There is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference there is, is very important. ~William James
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One person's craziness is another person's reality. ~Tim Burton
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In my humble opinion, change is stupid. ~Rafael Nadal
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It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people's educational level from the way they talk or dress or from their taste in music. Safest to treat everyone you meet as a distinguished intellectual. ~Ian Mcewan
#quotes #ian-mcewan #education #intelligence

I don't use Twitter. I'm a serious person. ~Paolo Sorrentino
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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