"People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in."

-- Rosa Parks

#Giving Up Quotes #Tired Quotes #People Quotes

“I was so absolutely riveted, I felt I was looking into the eyes of the artist. Art just closed the gap of time and space. The 16th century became as real to me as the 20th. It was something magical.”
“The war in Yemen is not a war that we wanted. We had no other option - there was a radical militia allied with Iran and Hezbollah that took over the country. It was in possession of heavy weapons, ballistic missiles and even an air force. Should we stand by idly while this happens at our doorstep, in one of the countries in which al-Qaida has a huge presence? So we responded, as part of a coalition, at the request of the legitimate government of Yemen, and we stepped in to support them.”
“No man may make another free.”
“Love is the substance of all life. Everything is connected in love, absolutely everything.”
“If Abu Nidal is a terrorist, then so is George Washington.”
“I am mentally ill. I can say that. I am not ashamed of that. I survived that, I'm still surviving it, but bring it on. Better me than you.”

Source : "PrimeTime" with Diane Sawyer, abcnews.go.com.
“The Jew is at once alienated and indestructible; he is in exile from his own country and in exile even from himself, yet he survives the annihilating fury of history.”
“I love Scotland, mainly for its landscape. I like walking, and it's a great place to go hiking.”

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

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