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Money exaggerates who people are. If they are good, they will be better. If they are bad, they will jump right down on the devil’s trampoline.
“Pajamas? Poor people don’t wear pajamas. We fall asleep in our underwear or blue jeans. To this day, I find the very notion of pajamas an unnecessary elite indulgence, like caviar or electric ice cube makers.”
― Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
― Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
“When one has made as many mistakes as I have, one becomes very familiar with the fullness of God's grace and mercy.”
― Mortal Heart
― Mortal Heart
“If you love your country, you must be willing to defend it from fraud, bigotry, and recklessness--even from a president.”
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“What separates the successful from the unsuccessful are the expectations that they had for their own lives. Yet the message of the right is increasingly: It’s not your fault that you’re a loser; it’s the government’s fault.”
― Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
― Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
“Barack Obama strikes at the heart of our deepest insecurities. He is a good father while many of us aren’t. He wears suits to his job while we wear overalls, if we’re lucky enough to have a job at all. His wife tells us that we shouldn’t be feeding our children certain foods, and we hate her for it—not because we think she’s wrong but because we know she’s right.”
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