"I'm writing for those people in Kenya, but in Irvine and in New York."

-- Ngugi wa Thiong'o

#New York Quotes #Writing Quotes #People Quotes

“Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.”

Source : FaceBook post by Dr. Jane Goodall from Jul 18, 2016
“Being seventy has its advantages. I was outspoken before, but now what have I got to keep quiet about?”
“We are born with only one obligation - to be completely who we are.”

Source : Mark Nepo (2011). “The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have (Gift Edition)”, p.11, Conari Press
“My great idea is that we must forgive the Pope. First of all, he needs it more than anyone else. Besides, it is the only way of placing oneself above him.”
“Real love, no matter how unworthy the object, is a glorious adventure. It bursts the shackles of selfishness. One's world is bigger, broader; one's sympathies are amazingly more tender. No matter what the result, if you haven't really loved, you haven't really lived.”
“The Carpetbaggers was the first big money I made. Money gave me a lot of freedom, but no matter how much you make there's always somebody chasing your ***** for more.”
“The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning. The weeks that come before are only a climb from balmy spring, and those that follow a drop to the chill of autumn, but the first week of August is motionless, and hot. It is curiously silent, too, with blank white dawns and glaring noons, and sunsets smeared with too much color.”
“If you become very self-conscious about what you are doing, you kill. You kill the character. Then it doesn't work. You have to come from a sincere place. And you don't think too much. I don't go to the hotel and I start thinking what am I going to say tomorrow and start writing things down.”

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