"I think you just have to turn it around and say we are at this absolute historical moment. No generation has ever been as powerful as us. We have the future of our species in our hands. We could be the generation that people look back on and say, 'They bloody did it!', not 'They didn't bother.'"

-- Franny Armstrong

#Powerful Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Hands Quotes

“For example, many colleges in their writing programs teach some of my work”

Source : Interview with Robert Birnbaum, www.themorningnews.org. July 6, 2006.
“Working hard is important. But there is something that matters even more, believing in yourself.”

Source : "Fictional character: Harry Potter". "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", en.wikiquote.org. 2007.
“The mindset of legislating for the betterment of society guarantees the growth of the beast. ... Politicians see government as a solution but the people see government as part of the problem. Beastly bureaucracy is born out of good intentions married to poor solutions. Only when politicians realize what constituents already know will the true problem even be addressed much less solved.”
“The way we see the world is not actually the world in itself. What we see is our idea of it. The truth is, we have no notion of what the world is other than through the veils of our perception.”
“Sometimes bringing out your inner best is the secret of success.”
“If you see something that you feel is familiar it gives you an important kind of emotional connection.”
“The next World War will be over water”
“When have you heard a story about the hero dying for the villain?”

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