"Recreation is not a secondary concern for a……" — Harry Allen Overstreet
"Recreation is not a secondary concern for a democracy. It is a primary concern, for the kind of recreation a people make for themselves determines the kind of people they become and the kind of society they build."
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14 Quotes by Harry Allen Overstreet
Harry Allen Overstreet has 14 quotes on this site.
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Time the devourer of everything.
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The immature mind hops from one thing to another; the mature mind seeks to follow through.
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The happiest thing that can be said about democracy... is that it is one of the few systems that has…
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If minds are truly alive they will seek out books, for books are the human race recounting its memorable experiences,…
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I may safely predict that the education of the future will be inventive-minded. It will believe so profoundly in the…
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The very essence of all power to influence lies in getting the other person to participate. The mind that can…
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Better a dish of illusion and a hearty appetite for life than a feast of reality and indigestion therewith.
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Sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, and love belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is…
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A person remains immature, whatever his age, as long as he thinks of himself as an exception to the human…
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Newspapers have developed what might be called a vested interest in catastrophe. If they can spot a fight, they play…
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Goodness is a special kind of truth and beauty. It is truth and beauty in human behavior.
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To hate and to fear is to be psychologically ill. It is in fact the consuming illness of our time.
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