"We are the only ones who can tell our stories because we are the only ones who have lived them."

-- Susan Wittig Albert

#Writing Quotes #Stories Quotes

“If we work for social change - and it is good to do such things - let us always do it with an awakened heart big enough for all. There is no enemy; there is only ignorance. There is no one to hate, only many to love.”
“The slurbs, urban sprawl, and the infinite number, of housing developments of the postwar boom have contributed to the architecture of entropy.”
“If a boxer ever went as crazy as Nijinsky all the wowsers in the world would be screaming 'punch-drunk.' Well, who hit Nijinsky? And why isn't there a campaign against ballet? It gives girls thick legs”
“I also know that every person faces adversity in life. Abraham Lincoln held this seat in Congress in one term. But few faced as many defeats in his personal, business and public life as he did.”

Source : "Disgraced Rep. Aaron Schock Compares Himself To Lincoln In Farewell Speech" by Laura Barron-Lopez, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 26, 2015.
“What winning is to me is not giving up, is no matter what's thrown at me, I can take it. And I can keep going.”

Source : "Patrick Swayze Dispels 'Reckless Reports' of Death By Radio Station" by Katie N. Thomson, Rob Wallace, Katie Escherich, abcnews.go.com. May 19, 2009.
“As an actor I worked for seven years with a community theater company based in London. We used improvisation techniques to take stories to young people who wouldn't normally have access to them - in prisons, hospitals, young offender's units, youth clubs and housing estates.”
“One single vision fills all minds: that of our independence endangered. One single duty imposes itself upon our wills: the duty of stubborn resistance.”
“That there are men in all countries who get their living by war, and by keeping up the quarrels of Nations is as shocking as it is true...”

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