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Murray Kempton Quotes: To say that an idea is fashionable is to say I think that it has been adulterated to a point where it is hardly an idea at all.
         

To say that an idea is fashionable is to say I think that it has been adulterated to a point where it is hardly an idea at all.


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To say that an idea is fashionable is to say I think that it has been adulterated to a point where it is hardly an idea at all.
         



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A political convention is just not a place where you come away with any trace of faith in human nature.

A political convention is just not a place where you come away with any trace of faith in human nature.



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A critic is someone who enters the battlefield after the war is over and shoots the wounded.



No great scoundrel is ever uninteresting.

No great scoundrel is ever uninteresting.



There is a raging tiger inside every man whom God put on this earth. Every man worthy of the respect of his children spends his life building inside himself a cage to pen that tiger in.

There is a raging tiger inside every man whom God put on this earth. Every man worthy of the respect of his children spends his life building inside himself a cage to pen that tiger in.



America... an economic system prouder of the distribution of its products than of the products themselves.

America... an economic system prouder of the distribution of its products than of the products themselves.



It is not the least of a martyr's scourges to be canonized by the persons who burned him.

It is not the least of a martyr's scourges to be canonized by the persons who burned him.



It is function of government to invent philosophies to explain the demands of its own convenience.

It is function of government to invent philosophies to explain the demands of its own convenience.



To say that an idea is fashionable is to say, I think, that is has been adulterated to a point where it is hardly an idea at all.

To say that an idea is fashionable is to say, I think, that is has been adulterated to a point where it is hardly an idea at all.



The world of shabby gentility is like no other; its sacrifices have less logic, its standards are harsher, its relation to reality is dimmer than comfortable property or plain poverty can understand.

The world of shabby gentility is like no other; its sacrifices have less logic, its standards are harsher, its relation to reality is dimmer than comfortable property or plain poverty can understand.



The beauty of a strong, lasting commitment is often best understood by a man incapable of it.

The beauty of a strong, lasting commitment is often best understood by a man incapable of it.





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Have the capacity to adapt to change, it's your healthy growth, intelligently and emotionally.Our life can be full of extrinsic surprises, your flexibility is a key when you accept changes.



Was it too much to ask that she find someone who wanted the same things in life as she did--a home, someone to lean on when the not-so-perfect times came crashing down?

Was it too much to ask that she find someone who wanted the same things in life as she did--a home, someone to lean on when the not-so-perfect times came crashing down?



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In the long run I certainly hope information is the cure for fanaticism, but I am afraid information is more the cause than the cure.



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We cannot rely on our native tongue if our spouse does not understand it. If we want them to feel the love we are trying to communicate, we must express it in his or her primary love language.



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We're living in a time where we want to be entertained but I think part of what people are looking for, that they don't even know they're looking for is to be uplifted in many ways.

We're living in a time where we want to be entertained but I think part of what people are looking for, that they don't even know they're looking for is to be uplifted in many ways.



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You don't have to understand why anything that has happened nor do you even have to understand what it is that has happened. You have only to live with the remains.



We cannot think of uniting with others, until after we have first united among ourselves... One can't unite bananas with scattered leaves.

We cannot think of uniting with others, until after we have first united among ourselves... One can't unite bananas with scattered leaves.



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Human beings are afraid of dying. They are always running after something: money, honor, and pleasure. But if you had to die now, what would you want?




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