"A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him."

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Ezra Pound

#Life Quotes #Freedom Quotes #Waiting Quotes

“In my humble opinion, those who come to engage in debates of consequence, and who challenge accepted wisdom, should expect to be treated badly. Nonetheless, they must stand undaunted. That is required. And that should be expected. For it is bravery that is required to secure freedom.”
“Now they broke my toothbrush, I don't own anything.”
“Improvement of one's economic position is helped more by cool persistence than by hot enthusiasm.”
“The Constitution wanted artists to have control over their works because they knew it would create incentive to create more works. That is clearly still the goal.”
“I don't like it when people dress up like Zim, because they look like Hulks.”

Source : "C2E2 2012:Jhonen Vasquez on the Hunger Games, and why he'll never work with ren and stimpy's John Kricfalusi" by Danica Davidson, www.mtv.com. April 16, 2012.
“A convention on the comprehensive ban of nuclear weapons should be negotiated. Since biological and chemical weapons have been prohibited, there is no reason why nuclear weapons, which are more destructive, should not be comprehensively banned and thoroughly destroyed. All it takes to reach this objective is strong political will.”
“There's plenty of room for all sorts of movies and all sorts of comedies, so I never saw that as a competitive thing. I think there's room in the marketplace for everything.”
“Habits are powerful, but delicate. They can emerge outside our consciousness, or can be deliberately designed. They often occur without our permission, but can be reshaped by fiddling with their parts. They shape our lives far more than we realizeâ€”they are so strong, in fact, that they cause our brains to cling to them at the exclusion of all else, including common sense.”

Source : "The Power of Habit". Book by Charles Duhigg, February 28, 2012.

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