"The only way I can pay back for what fate and society have handed me is to try, in minor totally useless ways, to make an angry sound against injustice."

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Source : Martha Gellhorn, Caroline Moorehead (2006). “The letters of Martha Gellhorn”, Vintage

Martha Gellhorn

#Fate Quotes #Trying Quotes #Useless Quotes

“For a short time, I hated them. But when you think about it, what good does that do?It takes so much to hold on to hateâ€”you lose your grip on what's important, you know?”
“No matter what happens, you always need someone else to look after you at the end.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“When youre young, the blue blazer feels like a grown-up costume.”
“I was very aware that I was a woman and that the Iditarod was a big thing for women, but I didn't want to be given any special treatment. I just wanted to be viewed as a musher.”
“Without being conscious of it, she looks for a situation in which she can give up her faÃ§ade of self-sufficiency and ease back into that warm, cradled state reminiscent of childhood that's so seductive to a woman - a home.”
“Every artist has a very particular sound and style.”

Source : Source: www.billboard.com
“I say let's go back to a truer use of the word 'freedom.' Let's start with President Franklin Roosevelt's Four Freedoms: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear. I would add the freedom to bargain collectively. Those freedoms are under attack today.”

Source : "Freedom Isn’t Free" by Richard Trumka, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 3, 2012.
“A kingdom always includes three fundamental components: a ruler, a realm of subjects who fall under his rule, and the rules or governances.”

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