Barkha DuttPatriotism Patriotism need not be puritanical. – Barkha Dutt Patriotism Quotes Puritanical Quotes The aspects of patriotism that hush dissent, encourage going along, and sanction comfortable distancing and compliance with what is indecent and unacceptable… those aspects are too fundamental to ignore or gloss over. No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
Leandra Medine People often ask me if my parents helped me. My mother did lend me $10 to register the domain name. – Leandra Medine
Apolo Ohno I have a scar on my left thigh, kind of almost near my knee. I essentially fell in the 2002 Olympics and when I hit the wall – because of the impact – my right leg kind of came in at like a knife-type angle and stabbed my leg with my own skate blade. – Apolo Ohno
Lawrence Clark Powell What makes a book great, a so-called classic, it its quality of always being modern, of its author, though he be long dead, continuing to speak to each new generation. – Lawrence Clark Powell
James Welch The economic piece is still missing, since it’s so hard to attract industry to reservations, but spiritually and educationally, they’re doing just fine. Each tribe has a community college now, and they teach the language, they teach the traditions. – James Welch
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