Patriotism is about a desire for progress, not a yearning for repetition.

Gina Barreca
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  2. No, our science is no illusion. But an illusion it would be to suppose that what science cannot give us we can get elsewhere. - Sigmund Freud

  3. We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done. - Alan Turing

  4. ..[G]reat progress was evident in the last Congress of the American 'Labour Union' in that among other things, it treated working women with complete equality. While in this respect the English, and still more the gallant French, are burdened with a spirit of narrow-mindedness. Anybody... - Karl Marx

  5. Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. - Frank Zappa

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  2. In short, immaturity is spoiled. And what is spoiled doesn’t ripen. It goes bad early, gets bitter and withers on the vine.

  3. It’s only when you’re at the bottom of the ladder that you ascend.

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