"The world is on fire! Why am I sitting in front of my computer? It is because I donâ€™t have a fire extinguisher for the world, and there isnâ€™t a global 911 to call."

-- Charles Eisenstein

#Fire Quotes #Sitting Quotes #World Quotes

“Color which, like music, is a matter of vibrations, reaches what is most general and therefore most indefinable in nature: its inner power.”

Source : Paul Gauguin (1978). “The writings of a savage”, Viking Adult
“Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided-not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing.”
“You have many flaws, he announced... â€œBut there was one flaw that made all the other imperfections pale in comparison.â€ â€œWas?â€ she asked. â€œI don't have this flaw any longer?â€ â€œNo, you don't.â€ â€œPray tell,â€ she muttered in exasperation, â€œwhat was this terrible flaw?â€ He grinned. â€œYou used to be English.”
“I've learned to write the truth. But to do that, I had to figure out what the truth was-and I had to realize that the truth isn't always the same for everyone. I had to realize that my truth may not be the same as your truth.”

Source : Pat Murphy (2008). “The Wild Girls”, p.192, Penguin
“I'm trying to find myself as a person, sometimes that's not easy to do. Millions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But it is something I must do. The best way for me to find myself as a person is to prove to myself that I am an actress.”
“To be on stage, to be sharing a stage with Lauryn Hill, Grace Jones, SZA, Kelis, and all these incredible women, I'm like 'When did this happen?'”
“Obey the voice within - it commands us to give of ourselves and help others. As long as we have the capacity to give, we are alive”

Source : Kirk Douglas (2001). “Climbing the Mountain: My Search for Meaning”, p.256, Simon and Schuster
“A word of advice: If you get the choice between the upper and lower bunks in a cell, choose the lower. Prisons do not turn off their lights at night, and I spent a sleepless night, without a mattress, with a five-hundred-watt bulb shining directly into my eyes.”

Source : "The Anarchist Cookbook". Book by William Powell, "Postscript", p. 157, 1971.

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