"Understand: the task of an activist is not to negotiate systems of power with as much personal integrity as possible--it's to dismantle those systems."

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Source : Lierre Keith (2009). “The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability”, p.265, PM Press

Lierre Keith

#Integrity Quotes #Tasks Quotes #Activist Quotes

“Foolishness pours out of an open mouth.... but wisdom sneaks in through the ears....”

Source : Gail Z. Martin (2012). “The Dread: The Fallen Kings Cycle: Book Two”, p.147, Hachette UK
“The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.”
“What motivated me? My mother. My mother was an immigrant woman, a peasant woman, struggled all her life, worked in the garment center.”
“Unfortunately, you don't get artist development anymore. Record companies have become a huge corporate thing. It used to be you'd meet someone [in the business] and they'd have a little history of music. Some people in the companies now don't even like music. It's just a job. So I miss the days when someone would go out on a limb and pick a band that was different. I just don't see that anymore. It's the same with the film industry.”
“Folks, this is perfect weather for today's game. Not a breath of air.”
“To see every day how people get the name 'genius' just as the wood-lice in the cellar the name 'millipede'-not because they have that many feet, but because most people don't want to count to 14-this has had the result that I don't believe anyone any more without checking.”
“I can see it. This one moment when you know youâ€™re not a sad story. Youâ€™re alive. And you stand up and see the lights and the buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And youâ€™re listening to that song in that drive with the people you love most in this world. And in this moment I swearâ€¦ we are infinite.”
“Let's do more than say the 'Pledge of Allegiance.' Let us live it!”

Source : Emanuel Cleaver DNC speech, www.politico.com. September 05, 2012.

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