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Robert Kennedy

"It is from the numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance."

Source : Robert F. Kennedy (1998). “Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy”, Harcourt

Robert Kennedy

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“Iâ€™m talking to you more than I speak with my mahmen.â€ â€œI thought your mother was dead.â€ â€œShe is.â€ â€œYou have a very low standard for communication.”
“I gave someone a perverse argument not so long ago about why advertising is better than movies. You want to hear it? Movies operate from a really disingenuous premise, that people are heroes. I know a lot of people and have had an opportunity over the years to observe them. Are they heroes...? Let's put it this way. Advertising tries something simpler and more believable: Products as heroes. I guess the idea is: When all else fails, put your faith in conditioner.”
“It's the best thing ever - I love being a mom. This is my only child. My career was a priority earlier in my life, but now my son is definitely the priority.”
“Almost anything is edible with a dab of French mustard on it.”

Source : Nigel Slater (2005). “The Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the Kitchen with Nigel Slater”, Gotham
“When you hold your baby in your arms the first time, and you think of all the things you can say and do to influence him, it's a tremendous responsibility. What you do with him can influence not only him, but everyone he meets and not for a day or a month or a year but for time and eternity.”
“I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at all.”
“We should be less concerned about hurting the feelings of the oppressors and more concerned about standing in solidarity with the oppressed.”
“It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws.”

Source : Garet Garrett (1944). “The Revolution was”

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