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“The beneficial effect of state intervention, especially in the form of legislation, is direct, immediate, and so to speak, visible, while its evil effects are gradual and indirect and lay out of sight ... Hence the majority of mankind must almost of necessity look with undue favor upon governmental intervention.”
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“If you find yourself born in Barnsley and then set your sights on being Virginia Woolf it is not going to be roses all the way.”
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“Vision, the hallmark of leadership, is less a derivative of spreadsheets and more a product of the mind called imagination.”
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“Of what use is a dream if not a blueprint for courageous action.”
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“The moral imperative to make big changes is inescapable...that what we take for granted may not be here for our children”
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“I'm not lost for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.”
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“When I'm with you, my world is complete. When I touch you, I understand the meaning of life. When I lost you, I completely shattered. You. Own. Me.”
Source : Abbi Glines (2013). “The Vincent Boys Extended and Uncut Collection: The Vincent Boys -- Extended and Uncut; The Vincent Brothers -- Extended and Uncut”, p.408, Simon and Schuster
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“But beware, dear reader. For we go out into the wide, wild world, looking to change, looking to grow, looking for wisdom. But wisdom is hard to come by, and once achieved, it is very easily lost. Especially when one is leaving the wide, wild world - and returning to the place you once fled.”
Source : Adam Gidwitz (2012). “In a Glass Grimmly”, p.110, Penguin
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“Continents of memory had been lost.”
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“Stand still. The trees ahead and bush beside you are not lost.”
Source : David Wagoner (1999). “Traveling Light: Collected and New Poems”, p.10, University of Illinois Press
