"I'd rather die on my feet making a speech than die of Alzheimer's - and that's what I'm planning to do."

-- Tony Benn

#Feet Quotes #Speech Quotes

“Students should not only be trained to live in a democracy when they grow up; they should have the chance to live in one today.”
“Panic is the great access of creativity because that's the only way to get rid of your mind.”
“The stillness in stillness is not the real stillness; only when there is stillness in movement does the universal rhythm manifest.”
“Being uncertain and scared and riddled with doubt some days isn't a sign of bad things to come. It's actually quite the opposite. After all, if great things weren't on the horizon, I don't think the enemy would be so bent on attacking us.”
“One cannot apologize for one's nature.”

Source : Matthew J. Kirby (2011). “Icefall”, p.113, Scholastic Inc.
“Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell, no!”

Source : "Fictional character: John Blutarsky (Bluto)". "Animal House", www.imdb.com. July 27, 1978.
“The last speaker alluded to this movement as being that of a few disappointed women. From the first years to which my memory stretches, I have been a disappointed woman.... I was disappointed when I came to seek a profession worthy an immortal being--every employment was closed to me, except those of the teacher, the seamstress, and the housekeeper. In education, in marriage, in religion, in everything, disappointment is the lot of woman. It shall be the business of my life to deepen this disappointment in every woman's heart until she bows down to it no longer.”

Source : Remark at a National Woman's Rights Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1855. "Feminism: The Essential Historical Writings" by Miriam Schnier, 1972.
“The most important characteristic that has allowed me to succeed is confidence. I have always been comfortable in my own skin, and even when I was just starting out in my career, had the strength and self-assurance to ask tough questions and push for answers.”

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