"All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened."

-- Maya Angelou

#Inspiring Quotes #Courage Quotes #Thoughtful Quotes

“You can go into Mark Twain's material and prove anything you want. He was against war. He was for war. He was against rich people and he was for them. He was a kaleidoscope”
“I skate just to satisfy my own desire and not care about other peoples desire for me to do well.”
“Thereâ€™s nothing bad about reincarnation per se, itâ€™s basically a very good system, cost-effective and ecologically friendly.”
“There's the South Pole, said Christopher Robin, and I expect there's an East Pole and a West Pole, though people don't like talking about them.”
“The notion of political correctness has ignited controversy across the land. And although the movement arises from the laudable desire to sweep away the debris of racism and sexism and hatred it replaces old prejudices with new one. It declares certain topics off-limits, certain expressions off-limits, even certain gestures off-limits. What began as a crusade for civility has soured into a cause of conflict and even censorship.”
“In or orchestra we have many nationalities, types, and temperaments.”
“In communist countries, you execute your poets. In the free world, the poets execute themselves.”
“But sure the eye of time beholds no name, So blest as thine in all the rolls of fame.”

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