"The only way to do the human rights thing is to do the right thing medically."

-- Paul Farmer

#Rights Quotes #Way Quotes #Humans Quotes

“Let no man dare, when I am dead. to charge me with dishonor; let no man attaint my memory by believing that I could have engaged in any cause but that of my country's liberty and independence, or that I could have become the pliant minion of power in the oppression or the miseries of my countrymen.”

Source : Charles Phillips, John Philpot Curran, Henry Grattan, Robert Emmet (1834). “Irish Eloquence: The Speeches of the Celebrated Irish Orators: Phillips, Curran and Grattan, to which is Added the Powerful Appeal of Robert Emmett, at the Close of His Trial for High Treason”, p.369
“I've been showing up late and dirty all my life.”
“I'm probably an actor that tends to, instead of putting things on, think about it more in terms of taking away what's not in the character, until I'm left with what is. If that makes sense. That's probably a particularly American way of working, but maybe not. The end of any movie is a readjustment.”

Source : "Good golly Miss Molly", www.theguardian.com. August 23, 2001.
“There are a lot of people who would laugh at the idea of me being a good singer.”
“Greasers will still be greasers and Socs will still be Socs. Sometimes I think it's the ones in the middle that are really the lucky stiffs.”
“I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It's like a rattlesnake in your pocket.”
“I've learned that there is no currency like trust and no catalyst like hope. There is nothing worse for building relationships than pandering, on one hand, and preaching, on the other. And the most important quality we must all strengthen in ourselves is that of a deep human empathy, for that will provide the most hope of all and the foundation for our collective survival.”

Source : Jacqueline Novogratz (2012). “The Blue Sweater : Bridging The Gap Between Rich And Poor In An Intercnnected World”, p.223, HarperCollins Publishers
“What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then offer their skins for sale and expect them to buy them.”

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