"After I am dead I would like people to say: 'Beuys understood the historical situation. He altered the course of events'. I hope in the right direction."

-- Joseph Beuys

#People Quotes #Historical Quotes #Events Quotes

“I think it's important to take a break, you know, from the public eye for a while, and give people a chance to miss you. I want longevity. I don't want to get out there and run myself ragged and spread myself thin.”

Source : Source: www.etonline.com
“When we trust God, He can make the ordinary extraordinary!”
“I tweet when the tweet arrives. Never force a tweet or you will hurt your babymaker - and this is true of literature as well.”

Source : Source: logger.believermag.com
“Yes, prudently invested contributions to the Social Security fund may bring greater dividends, but those contributions would also face a greater risk. It would be like gambling. We should not gamble with the investments and the future of the citizens of this land.”
“I'm not a fighter, but in my mind I'm fighting every day. 'What's new? What am I doing?' I'm fighting myself. My soul is samurai. My roots aren't samurai, but my soul is.”
“Being bored is an insult to oneself.”

Source : Jules Renard (2008). “The Journal of Jules Renard”, p.62, Tin House Books
“The very purpose of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution is to protect minority rights against majority voters. Every court decision that strikes down discriminatory legislation, including past Supreme Court decisions, affirming the fundamental rights to marry the person you love, overrules a majority decision.”
“In Russia, writers with serious grievances are arrested, while in America they are merely featured on television talk shows, where all that is arrested is their development.”

Source : Neil Postman (2011). “Conscientious Objections: Stirring Up Trouble About Language, Technology and Education”, p.11, Vintage

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