"Middle-class-led reform movements, from the Progressive Era to the War on Poverty, have been marred by an elitist distance from the would-be beneficiaries of reform."

-- Barbara Ehrenreich

#War Quotes #Distance Quotes #Class Quotes

“We figure out what death means when we're born, practically, and we live our whole lives in some kind of weird denial about it.”
“I have made all my films for my children with the exception of my first film because my oldest daughter wasn't born when I was making the film about the Brooklyn Bridge.”
“Once I completed the Cube and demonstrated it to my students, I realized it was nearly impossible to put down.”
“If the kids get a good grasp of what the main lessons are for chess after two or three years of staying with the game, then you've given them brain food and you've given them a skill that can last them a lifetime.”

Source : Source: www.ebony.com
“Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.”
“The whole fun of living is trying to make something better.”

Source : "Dynamic Work Simplification" by W. Clements Zinck, (p. 12), 1971.
“First, we must stop issuing drivers' licenses to people in our country illegally. Providing them with forms of government identification makes a mockery of our laws and undermines national security efforts.”
“How can you be lonely? You've got yourself, haven't you? If you ever lose yourself, then you'll really be lonely...”

Source : Joseph Delaney (2014). “Last Apprentice 3-Book Collection: Revenge of the Witch, Curse of the Bane, Night of the Soul Stealer”, p.39, Harper Collins

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