"So long as I confine my activities to social service and the blind, they compliment me extravagantly, calling me 'arch priestess of the sightless,' 'wonder woman,' and a 'modern miracle.' But when it comes to a discussion of poverty, and I maintain that it is the result of wrong economics-that the industrial system under which we live is at the root of much of the physical deafness and blindness in the world-that is a different matter!"

-- Helen Keller

#Roots Quotes #Long Quotes #Miracle Quotes

“What we get in punk these days are layers of 'anti-', and so many of them are so self-serving. It's not about larger freedom.”

Source : "United Nations". Interview with Ian Cohen, pitchfork.com. July 2, 2014.
“The doctor who willingly accepts destroying life will have no grounds on which to object if the state should compel that doctor to destroy life,”
“I canâ€™t function around a man if I know his ability to give pleasure.”
“The older I get, the more obvious it is that you're not really in control of your life, you're a part of a larger wave, no matter who you are.”

Source : "Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez and Director Courtney Solomon Talk GETAWAY, Surviving the Stunts, Filming in Bulgaria, Horror in Action and Casting the Voice". Interview, collider.com. August 31, 2013.
“The only other people who have had experiences similar to those of this man were locked up inside institutions for the criminally insane. The difference is, this guy gets business cards.”
“Feminism, unlike almost every other social movement, is not a struggle against a distinct oppressor - it's not the ruling class or the occupiers or the colonizers - it's against a deeply held set of beliefs and assumptions that we women, far too often, hold ourselves.”
“Bullying is a terrible, terrible thing.”

Source : "Taking it seriously". Interview with Libby Brooks, www.theguardian.com. July 28, 2000.
“If rich men would remember that shrouds have no pockets, they would, while living, share their wealth with their children, and give for the good of others, and so know the highest pleasure wealth can give.”

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