"He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery."

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Source : Speech to the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France, quoted in "The New York Times", (p. 12), January 24, 1967.

Harold Wilson

#Change Quotes #Teaching Quotes #Diversity Quotes

“I do think there is a completely different notion to glamour today. I think modern glamour is more effortless, easy, and real. Moreover, I think it's about constantly challenging classical ideas by bringing in unexpected and different elements; for example a long, elegant evening skirt paired with a simple t-shirt on the red carpet. I think this approach is the future.”
“I used to draw cartoons. I'd just show them to some of my friends, expecting that they were going to appreciate them, that they were going to enjoy reading them.”
“Hence we say, that the Constitution of the United States is a glorious standard; it is founded in the wisdom of God. It is a heavenly banner; it is to all those who are privileged with the sweets of liberty, like the cooling shades and refreshing waters of a great rock in a thirsty and weary land. It is like a great tree under whose branches men from every clime can be shielded from the burning rays of the sun...”
“Such is our pride, our folly, or our fate, That few, but such as cannot write, translate.”

Source : 'To Richard Fanshaw' (1648)
“Action isn't a burden to be hoisted up and lugged around on our shoulders. It is something we are. The work we have to do can be seen as a kind of coming alive. More than some moral imperative, it's an awakening to our true nature, a releasing of our gifts.”
“Be the hero of your own life. Don't let somebody else play that role. (Vasu)”
“Games give you a chance to excel...”
“The great thing about Glasgow is that if there's a nuclear attack it'll look exactly the same afterwards.”

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