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“Poor kids, through no fault of their own, are less prepared by their families, their schools, and their communities to develop their God-given talents as fully as rich kids. For economic productivity and growth, our country needs as much talent as we can find, and we certainly can’t afford to waste it. The opportunity gap imposes on all of us both real costs and what economists term “opportunity costs.”
― Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis
― Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis
“No se puede tener lo de hoy y lo de ayer, no se puede ser a la vez quien se ha sido y quien se es. Hay que escoger. La felicidad ha de ser una. No puedes tener el Sol... y la Luna.”
― Conferencia sobre la lluvia
― Conferencia sobre la lluvia
“La primera nota caraterítica del amor es la exlusividad... El amor es individual o más exactamente, interpersonal: queremos únicamente a una persona y le pedimos a esa persona que nos quiera con el mismo afecto exclusivo.”
― The Double Flame: Love and Eroticism
― The Double Flame: Love and Eroticism
“...me pareció una señal, aunque todo me hubiera parecido una señal. El amor es un intérprete obsesivo.”
― Conferencia sobre la lluvia
― Conferencia sobre la lluvia
“But you smiled at me and said consolingly, "People come back again."
"Yes" I said, "they come back, but then they have forgotten".
There must have been something odd, something passionate in the way I said that to you. For you rose to your feet as well and looked at me, affectionately and very surprised. You took me by the shoulders. "What's good is not forgotten; I will not forget you," you said, and as you did so you gazed intently at me as if to memorise my image.”
― Letter from an Unknown Woman and Other Stories
"Yes" I said, "they come back, but then they have forgotten".
There must have been something odd, something passionate in the way I said that to you. For you rose to your feet as well and looked at me, affectionately and very surprised. You took me by the shoulders. "What's good is not forgotten; I will not forget you," you said, and as you did so you gazed intently at me as if to memorise my image.”
― Letter from an Unknown Woman and Other Stories
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