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Thought For the Day: What’s Terrible Is To Pretend that Second-Rate Is First Rate

Posted on October 22, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“What’s terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don’t need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you’re capable of better.” – Doris Lessing

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Thought For the Day: The Trouble With You Americans Is That You Are Still Under the Influence of that Second-Rate – Shall I Say Third-Rate? – Mind, Karl Marx

Posted on February 8, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The great trouble with you Americans is that you are still under the influence of that second-rate — shall I say third-rate? — mind, Karl Marx.” – H. G. Wells (1866-1946) Wells was a very different kind of socialist. Perhaps … Continue reading →

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