"Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great. YOU can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom."

-- Nelson Mandela

#Inspiring Quotes #Fall Quotes #Greatness Quotes

“Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences.”
“Eighty percent of global warming is the result of man's wrongful use of the resources of the planet and the dumping of millions upon millions of tons of nuclear and other waste in the world, creating great toxic areas all over our skies, our oceans, our rivers, and the earth.”

Source : Source: www.edgemagazine.net
“SF is the literature of the theoretically possible, and F is the literature of the impossible.”

Source : Interview with Dag R., www.sffworld.com. June 5, 2000.
“Dont call me a rapper, Iâ€™m an artist. Update your minds. I â€˜INCORPORATEâ€™ hip hop elements because I am part MC, but I am all things musical. All things melodically beautiful.”
“I do nothing, granted. But I see the hours pass - which is better than trying to fill them.”

Source : Emile M. Cioran (1976). “The Trouble with Being Born”, Viking Books
“Please, my dear brothers, let your wives and sisters go to the voter registration process. Later, you can control who she votes for, but please, let her go.”
“A woman dictates before marriage in order that she may have an appetite for submission afterwards.”
“The facts of the present won't sit still for a portrait. They are constantly vibrating, full of clutter and confusion.”

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