"Most of my work for the past 25 years has been devoted to organizing demonstrations, benefits and campaigns, many of which have had the effect of bringing a policy debate to public focus or moving a political agenda forward. It's become a cliché to say 'think globally and act locally,' but it works."

-- Peter Yarrow

#Moving Quotes #Past Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“The proof of a thing's being right is that it has power over the heart; that it excites us, wins us, or helps us.”
“Only conservatives believe that subversion is still being carried on in the arts and that society is being shaken by it. Advanced art today is no longer a cause -it contains no moral imperative. There is no virtue in clinging to principles and standards, no vice in selling or in selling out.”
“John the Baptist never performed any miracles. Yet, he was greater than any of the Old Testament prophets.”
“I gave him my best cryptic smile. He did not fall down to his feet, kiss my shoes, and promise me the world. I must be getting rusty.”

Source : Ilona Andrews (2012). “Magic Bites: A Special Edition of the First Kate Daniels Novel”, p.17, Penguin
“My friends that are snobs think its cool I did a movie with Albert Brooks.”
“I'm grateful for doing those drugs, because they kept me from getting laid and I would have gotten AIDS.”
“if death becomes cheap it is the watcher, not the dying, who is poisoned.”
“Ugh! How many stories about love, copulation, marriage and death already exist, not one of which tells the truth! How sick I am of well-constructed plots and brilliant writing!”

Source : Sadegh Hedayat (2010). “The Blind Owl”, p.33, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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