"I guess every generation is doomed to fight its war...suffer the loss of the same old illusions, and learn the same old lessons on its own."

-- Philip Caputo

#Peace Quotes #War Quotes #Loss Quotes

“Race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees, and where one might find the bad stuff, like power plants and waste facilities.”

Source : "Greening the ghetto". TED conference, www.ted.com. February 2006.
“Being a part of a band is easier to brainstorm, and it's fun - you're encouraged and inspired by the others. In this band, it's especially that way for me, because they're my favorite musicians - they've been my favorite musicians for so long, and I get to play with them now. A lot of times onstage, I'm overcome with admiration or something, which also means that you need to step up, you need to really bear down to match the level of musicianship or artistry. It's really challenging.”
“I later spent... five to eight months in hospitals in New Jersey, always on an involuntary basis, and always attempting a legal argument for release.”
“When one is already on the edge of the grave, why not resist?”
“In the vernacular of my grandfather, 'I does not care.'”
“When I decided to be a musician I was hoping that it would be one of my contributions in having a positive impact on the world. That's always what I wanted to do.”

Source : Source: youknowigotsoul.com
“I want to say to you, friends, that the Jewish community in Palestine is going to fight to the very end. If we have arms to fight with, we will fight with those, and if not, we will fight with stones in our hands.”
“I don't know if people know how hard it is to get a hit or how hard it is to field a ground ball. It's an easy game in principal, but to actually execute the game it's very difficult.”

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