"The more revolutions occur, the less things change."

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Source : Georgie Anne Geyer (1970). “The New Latins: Fateful Change in South and Central America”

Georgie Anne Geyer

#Revolution Quotes #Things Change Quotes

“In Canada, we have so much land, so much space, and so few people.”
“It is natural to try to understand one's own time and to seek to analyse the forces that move it.”

Source : Emily Greene Balch (1972). “Beyond Nationalism: The Social Thought of Emily Greene Balch”, New York : Twayne Publishers
“The more I experience, the more I see that so many things in our future are planned for us, I think that what isn't planned for us is our attitude, and it's our attitude that can change our lives.”
“My ideas were confused. In a peculiar way, the unreality of the outer world appeared to be an extension of my own disturbed state of mind.”

Source : Anna Kavan, Brian Wilson Aldiss (1990). “My madness: the selected writings of Anna Kavan”
“If I were to command a general to turn into a seagull, and if the general did not obey, that would not be the general's fault. It would be mine.”
“Tell the Truth, and speak from your pay-grade. Don't try to answer questions that would better be directed to the battalion commander or Gen. William Westmoreland or President Lyndon Johnson. If you are a squad leader, answer questions about what you know and do.”
“Oh, it's lovely to see you!' Franny said as the cab moved off. 'I've missed you.' The words were no sooner out than she realized that she didn't mean them at all.”
“If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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