"The great thing about reading is that it broadens your life"

-- George R. R. Martin

#Reading Quotes #Great Things Quotes

“I was quite keen on silviculture, the growing of trees, and that was something I gave a lot of thought to. Maybe I could've gone in that direction. But it just so happened that while I was trying to make up my mind, I enrolled in art school, and there I began to develop my interest in music, parallel with my interest in the visual arts.”
“All the parties of capitalist society, all its moralists and all its sycophants will perish beneath the debris of the impending catastrophe. The only party that will survive is the party of the world socialist revolution...”

Source : Leon Trotsky (2000). “Their Morals and Ours: The Marxist View of Morality”, p.49, Resistance Books
“The more clearly we recognize how deep our commitment to self-protection operates in our relational style and the more courageously we face the ugliness of protecting ourselves rather than loving others, the more we'll shift our direction.”
“Problems may only be avoided by exercising good judgment. Good judgment may only be gained by experiencing life's problems.”

Source : Jim Stovall (2010). “Today's the Day!”, p.42, David C Cook
“They may already know too much about their mother and father--nothing being more factual than divorce, where so much has to be explained and worked through intelligently (though they have tried to stay equable). I've noticed this is often the time when children begin calling their parents by their first names, becoming little ironists after their parents' faults. What could be lonelier for a parent than to be criticized by his child on a first-name basis?”
“If Washington is a two-party town, why can't Hollywood be one too?”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Sweet breathing Zephyrus did softly play, A gentle spirit, that lightly did delay Hot Titan's beams, which then did glister fair”
“Protest is when I say I don't like this. Resistance is when I put an end to what I don't like. Protest is when I say I refuse to go along with this anymore. Resistance is when I make sure everybody else stops going along too.”

Source : Ulrike Meinhof (2011). “Everybody Talks About the Weather . . . We Don't: The Writings of Ulrike Meinhof”, p.31, Seven Stories Press

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