"History shows that all protest movements rely on symbols - boycotts, strikes, sit-ins, flags, songs. Symbolic action on whatever scale - from the Montgomery Bus Boycott to wearing a simple wristband - is designed to disrupt our everyday complacency and force people to think."

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Source : "Highlighting the Plight of the Poor" by Hugh Evans, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 20, 2011.

Hugh Evans

#Song Quotes #Simple Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“You are what you seek.”
“When one is innocent of pain, of the havoc it can wreak, one is never cruel. Cruelty is born of pain, of a need to hurt in turn.”

Source : Charlotte Lamb (1980). “Crescendo”, Harlequin Books
“what's the good of having news an' ye must coop it? It's like cold veal pie upon the chest for supper, the same being over old, under done, and dry o' gravy.”

Source : Mabel Osgood Wright (1901). “The garden of a commuter's wife”
“Members of Congress care about reelection most of all. And that means they care about their constituents. So you have to be a constituent to make your voice heard.”

Source : Source: m.motherjones.com
“It's just that I have this funny objection to torturing small animals no matter how scrumptious their body parts might be. ... Our food industries are equal opportunity abusers: cows, chickens, pigs, and a special mention to those little calves who for their short, miserable lives are locked into crates too small to allow movement just so we can eat veal.”
“The best part about a first kiss is right before the first kiss.”

Source : "Celebrity Makeout Secrets" by Emily Laurence, www.seventeen.com. July 5, 2013.
“I've never been drawn to the feminist movement. I was brought up to believe that men had little to do with the home or children - except to bring in the money.”

Source : "Young, successful, well paid: are they killing feminism?" by Anushka Asthana, Denis Campbell, www.theguardian.com. March 25, 2006.
“When you get in situations where you cannot afford to make a mistake, it's very hard to do the right thing. So if you're trying to do the right thing, the right thing might be to eliminate the cost of making a mistake rather than try to guess what's right.”

Source : "Collective Ownership of Code and Text: A Conversation with Ward Cunningham, Part II". Interview with Bill Venners, www.artima.com. December 1, 2003.

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