"The prosperity of the second half of the twentieth century was both a cause and an effect of social and scientific breakthroughs that have redefined human life. The biggest change is simply that people live longer and have far more freedom to think about things other than staying alive."

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Source : David Bornstein (2004). “How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas”, p.6, Oxford University Press, USA

David Bornstein

#Freedom Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“Any woman who wishes to be an intellectual, to write non-fiction, to deal with theory, faces a lot of discrimination coming her way and perhaps even self-doubt because there aren't that many who've gone before you. And I think that the most powerful tool we can have is to be clear about our intent. To know what it is we want to do rather than going into institutions thinking that the institution is going to frame for us.”
“Music often happens even faster than comedy in terms of the creation.”

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“I'm a strong believer in bipartisanship.”
“I'd rather be at the end of a dying tradition, which I admire, than at the beginning of a tradition which I deplore.”
“The struggle goes on. The victory is in the struggle, for me. And I accepted that a long time ago.”
“I felt pressured by continuous touring.”
“Give me five minutes with a person's checkbook, and I will tell you where their heart is.”
“The practical revolutionary will understand Goethe's 'conscience is the virtue of observers and not of agents of action'; in action, one does not always enjoy the luxury of a decision that is consistent both with one's individual conscience and the good of mankind.”

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