"Everyone has the capacity for courage. We don't need to face extreme circumstances to become admirable people."

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Source : "Mariane Pearl, 2007 Women of the Year Honoree: What's She Up to Now?" by Mariane Pearl, www.glamour.com. October 27, 2008.

Mariane Pearl

#People Quotes #Faces Quotes #Needs Quotes

“What must underlie successful epidemics, in the end, is a bedrock belief that change is possible, that people can radically transform their behavior or beliefs in the face of the right kind of impetus.”
“Night is beautiful when you are happy--comforting when you are in grief--terrible when you are lonely and unhappy.”
“It is yesterday that makes tomorrow so sad.”
“That's one of the compensations for being mediocre. One doesn't have to worry about becoming mediocre.”

Source : Rebecca Goldstein (1993). “The Mind-Body Problem”, Penguin Group USA
“War most often promotes the internal unity of each state involved. The state plagued by internal strife may then, instead of waiting for the accidental attack, seek the war that will bring internal peace.”

Source : Kenneth N. Waltz (2013). “Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis”, p.81, Columbia University Press
“The capacity to transform itself from the inside makes capitalism a somewhat peculiar beast - chameleon-like, it perpetually changes it colour; snake-like, it periodically sheds its skin.”

Source : "The Limits To Capital". Book by David Harvey, 1982.
“We are here to change the world with small acts of thoughtfulness done daily rather than with one great breakthrough.”
“Love is not something you plan, it just happens.”

Source : Laura Hillman (2010). “I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree: A Memoir of a Schindler's List Survivor”, p.77, Simon and Schuster

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