"This administration and these folk who run Washington are no more interested in our welfare and our well being than the man on the moon. And we have got to start taking our destiny into our hands."

-- Tavis Smiley

#Running Quotes #Moon Quotes #Destiny Quotes

“My soul, how will I recognize you if we meet?”
“Life defined only as the opposite of death is not life.”
“Pay 2 Play vividly tells the story of the threat posed to our political process by big money interests and what we can do to fight back to defend our Republic. This is a must-see movie for anyone who cares about the cause of democracy and the promise of political equality for all.”
“It's essential for us to develop an imagination that is participatory. Art is the primary way in which this happens. It's the primary way in which we become what we see or hear.”
“At the heart of my life is the idea that I don't ever want anything to ever change. That's the basic tenet.”
“Freedoms are not only the primary ends of development, they are also among its principal means.”

Source : Amartya Sen (2011). “Development as Freedom”, p.10, Anchor
“I terribly miss - we all miss, I think - somebody like the great producer Irving Thalberg. He had a foot in both camps: He understood us creative people. And he understood the money people.”
“Once you go on stage you're essentially creating the world that people want to participate in. The worst thing you can do is go out on stage with the idea that you're going to communicate something you've learned and if you do it really well, they'll approve. If you go out in an approval process, you will be so nervous and so preoccupied you'll never get to the heart of what it is you want to make music with.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com

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