"The impatient idealist says: 'Give me a place to stand and I shall move the earth.' But such a place does not exist. We all have to stand on the earth itself and go with her at her pace."

-- Chinua Achebe

#Moving Quotes #Giving Quotes #Black History Quotes

“It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world... but for Wales!”

Source : A Man for All Seasons act 2 (1960). Ellipsis in original text. See Bible 278
“Surveillance is the business model of the Internet.”

Source : "On Internet Privacy, Be Very Afraid". Interview with Liz Mineo, news.harvard.edu. August 24, 2017.
“I came from a family who believed in, in quotes, the Rights of Man, who believed that in order to justify the sort of luxurious life that the majority of us have, related to the whole world, that you had to do something.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Economists typically think that your happiness goes up as you get more money, but the more you have, the less each additional dollar matters. This means that you value money most in times when you have less income and more expenses.”
“And let's just be honest, there is no such place called 'justice,' if by that we envision a finish line, or a point at which the battle is won and the need to continue the struggle over with. After all, even when you succeed in obtaining a measure of justice, you're always forced to mobilize to defend that which you've won. There is no looming vacation. But there is redemption in struggle.”

Source : Tim Wise (2013). “White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son”, p.270, Soft Skull Press
“All I ever wanted to be was happy.”
“A big part of me just lets everything go.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Barack Obama's discovering what a nightmare dealing with hostage problems is - a discovery previously made by Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, i don't see a lot of room for change in American policy.”

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