"At Leeds the idea of an international labour organization appeared in a trade-union text which also drew attention to the danger to the working classes inherent in the existence of international capitalist competition."

-- Leon Jouhaux

#Class Quotes #Organization Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“It is possible that, through horizontal and vertical lines constructed with awareness, but not with calculation, led by high intuition, and brought to harmony and rhythm, these basic forms of beauty, supplemented if necessary by other direct lines or curves, can become a work of art, as strong as it is true.”
“What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity.”
“All architecture, classical or not, must have some sense of order, and order is much harder to achieve without the straight lines and right angles that have dominated the building art from time immemorial.”
“Every new friend is a new adventure... ...the start of more memories.”
“I'm not sure I have a natural gift. I think it's just that some people have an easier time expressing their emotions, maybe because of the way they've been raised, and I've always been expressive.”

Source : "Thomas Horn's incredibly fast start to career" by Jessica Zack, www.sfgate.com. January 15, 2012.
“Courage isn't just a matter of not being frightened, you know. It's being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway.”

Source : "Fictional character: The Doctor". TV Series "Doctor Who", (10.4, "Planet of the Daleks"), 7 April - 12 May, 1973.
“I love to read things that I'm sure won't make a movie.”

Source : "Amy Pascal: An untypical leading lady who's taken Sony to the top". Interview with Jane Martinson, www.theguardian.com. May 18, 2006.
“A Christian fellowship lives and exists by the intercession of its members for one another, or it collapses. I can no longer condemn or hate a brother for whom I pray, no matter how much trouble he causes me. His face, that hitherto may have been strange and intolerable to me, is transformed in intercession into the countenance of a brother for whom Christ died, the face of a forgiven sinner.”

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