"No one knows what it is that he can do until he tries."

-- Publilius Syrus

#Positive Thinking Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Trying Quotes

“I've always felt like I was on the margins. Once upon a time that's what independent used to mean.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“There is no way a non-Jew could say what I did in 'The Holocaust Industry' without being labelled a Holocaust denier. I am labelled a Holocaust denier, too.”
“Little lies that make people feel better are not bad, like thanking someone for a meal they made even if you hated it, or telling a sick person they look better when they don't, or someone with a hideous new hat that it's lovely. But to yourself you must tell the truth”

Source : Louise Fitzhugh (2009). “Harriet the Spy”, p.246, Yearling
“The hairs stand up on the back of my neck at certain music.”
“Change depends on people knowing the truth. Change depends on people speaking that truth out loud. That's what movements do. Movements educate people to the truth. They pass along information and ideas that many others do not know, and they cause them to ask questions, to challenge their own long-held beliefs. ... Movements are the way ordinary people get more freedom and justice. Movements are how we keep a check on power and those who abuse it.”
“There is something more annoying than pleasant in finding neighbors from back home chiselling in on your own exclusive New York. It mitigates your triumph in having conquered the great city and brings home the ungratifying truth that anyone can do it.”

Source : Dawn Powell (2001). “Novels, 1930-1942”
“These were people who believed everything about the Soviet Union was perfect, but they were bringing their own toilet paper.”
“I make hats for lots of iconic people, and that makes my job very interesting.”

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