"Many of them had a better time than they ever had in their lives because they were discovering the new freedom - the less you need, the freer you become."

-- E. F. Schumacher

#Simple Quotes #Needs Quotes #Simple Living Quotes

“The beginning of a project or anything is what makes me feel vulnerable. How to take that first step. And the ending of anything. How to release what you know and leap into the unknown.”
“It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you.”
“I already have success. I had it a long time ago. It's nothing to do with my music. Music is secondary, at this point. The good stuff is really good, but I have success because I'm at peace and I'm a good person in my everyday life and that's important.”
“A dream does not die on its own. A dream is vanquished by the choices ordinary people make about real things in their own lives...”
“The biggest problem is people are afraid of poetry, think they can't understand it or that it will be boring.”
“Nine in the box... that's a football term.”
“We've placed a lot of emphasis in this country on the idea of people's rights. That's how it should be, but it makes no sense to talk about rights without also talking about responsibilities.”
“My future depends mostly upon myself.”

Source : Paul Robeson, Philip Sheldon Foner (1978). “Paul Robeson speaks: writings, speeches, interviews, 1918-1974”, Brunner-Routledge

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