"Without a visual identity, we have no community, no support network, no movement. Making ourselves visible is a political act, making ourselves visible is a continual process."

-- Joan E. Biren

#Justice Quotes #Political Quotes #Support Quotes

“On Twitter, I just want to make you laugh at all costs.”
“The post-war loss of Churchill may have damaged the Western world with the same impact as the post-civil war world was damaged by the loss of Lincoln.”

Source : FaceBook post by Warren Adler from Jun 25, 2013
“The country is not priest-ridded, but press-ridden.”
“Teaching is a sacred art. This is why the noblest druid is not the one who conjures fires and smoke but the one who brings the news and passes on the histories. The teacher, the bard, the singer of tales is a freer of men's minds and bodies, especially when he roams without allegiance to one chieftain or another. But he is also a danger to the masters if he insists upon telling the truth. The truth will inevitably cause tremors in those who cling to power without honoring justice.”

Source : Kate Horsley (2002). “Confessions of a Pagan Nun: A Novel”, p.87, Shambhala Publications
“DAILY TRAINING in the Art of Peace allows your inner divinity to shine brighter and brighter. Do not concern yourself with the right and wrong of others. Do not be calculating or act unnaturally. Keep your mind focused on the Art of Peace, and do not criticize other teachers or traditions. The Art of Peace never restrains or shackles anything. It embraces all and purifies everything.”
“Heaven, on occasion, half opens its arms to us; and that is the great moment.”
“I met Ellie Goulding at the BRITs. She's lovely. I've got a lot of time for her. I gave her congratulations and whatnot and she let me hold her BRIT. That was amazing - once I'd touched one for the first time, I said 'This cannot be the last time I touch a BRIT.”
“We are indeed much more than what we eat, but what we eat can nevertheless help us to be much more than what we are.”

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