"No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free."

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Source : Assata Shakur (1987). “Assata: An Autobiography”, p.196, Zed Books

Assata Shakur

#Hero Quotes #Giving Quotes #Needs Quotes

“Dreams are those that don't let you sleep at night,”
“If you'd rather live surrounded by pristine objects than by the traces of happy memories, stay focused on tangible things. Otherwise, stop fixating on stuff you can touch and start caring about stuff that touches you.”

Source : "Stop Worrying! Anxiety-Busting Advice from Martha Beck" by Martha Beck, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 27, 2012.
“My riches are my family and my foster children. I try to store any material wealth in my hand, not my heart, so that I always feel free to give it away when the opportunity arises.”
“Always be classy. Never be crazy.”
“Since Freud, the center of man is not where we thought it was; one has to go on from there.”
“I was aware that I was acting atrociously but I couldn't stop myself. Rarely had I behaved in such a manner. But I guess when we're feeling lonely in life, we attack those who actually do love us. It's one of the things that characterizes human nature and can be summed up in one word: FLAWED.”
“I'll bet your father spent the first year of your life throwing rocks at the stork.”

Source : (Marx Brothers) At the Circus (1939 film)
“I've always loved books by the Bronte sisters. I love Jane Austen, too. I'm more influenced by people like her than by pop culture.”

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