"Land began to be seen as something to be owned privately and exploited for private interests, and never was entirely reconciled with the old ideas that land should be utilized in common for the good of all."

-- Neil Abercrombie

#Land Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Common Quotes

“In my early twenties, I had no idea who I was. And I think that's one reason you should try different relationships. I've had good and bad ones, but I took away things from them that helped me become who I am.”
“An en is a karmic bond lasting a lifetime. Nowadays many people seem to believe their lives are entirely a matter of choice; but in my day we viewed ourselves as pieces of clay that forever show the fingerprints of everyone who has touched them.”
“There is no federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage.”

Source : "Senate confirms Elena Kagan, as same-sex marriage debate looms" by Sal Gentile, www.pbs.org. August 5, 2010.
“Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of our blessed religion we can never hope to be a happy nation.”
“[There are] judges who stretch the law...to suit reactionary attitudes.”
“Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down.”

Source : Frederick Douglass (2013). “Selected Addresses of Frederick Douglass”, p.55, Simon and Schuster
“You never stop learning your craft. That's the key to success within yourself as an actor.”
“It's easy to become hopeless. So people must have hope: the human brain, the resilience of nature, the energy of young people and the sort of inspiration that you see from so many hundreds of people who tackle tasks that are impossible and never give up and succeed.”

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