"If Voting Changed Anything They'd Abolish It"

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Source : Ken Livingstone (2011). “You Can't Say That: Memoirs”, p.49, Faber & Faber

Ken Livingstone

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“Control your own time. Don't let it be done for you. If you are working off the in-box that is fed you, you are probably working on the priority of others.”
“The future of life on earth depends on our ability to take action. Many individuals are doing what they can, but real success can only come if there's a change in our societies and our economics and in our politics. I've been lucky in my lifetime to see some of the greatest spectacles that the natural world has to offer. Surely we have a responsibility to leave for future generations a planet that is healthy, inhabitable by all species”

Source : Lance Secretan (2004). “Inspire! What Great Leaders Do”, p.93, John Wiley & Sons
“School is an institution built on the axiom that learning is the result of teaching. And institutional wisdom continues to accept this axiom, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.”

Source : Ivan Illich (1970). “The Dawn of Epimethean Man, and Other Essays”
“I prefer the word aviatrix. It has more zing to it." "It's very zingy," I agreed.”
“We must not inflict life on children who will be resented; we must not inflict unwanted children on society.”
“If you are doing things in order to be happy... you're doing them in the wrong order.”

Source : Michael Neill (2006). “You Can Have What You Want”, p.4, Hay House, Inc
“To the being of fully alive, the future is not ominous but a promise; it surrounds the present like a halo.”
“For me too, the periodic table was a passion. ... As a boy, I stood in front of the display for hours, thinking how wonderful it was that each of those metal foils and jars of gas had its own distinct personality.”

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