"They have the guns, we have the poets. Therefore, we will win."

-- Howard Zinn

#Gun Quotes #Winning Quotes #Poet Quotes

“Inanimate objects are harmless indeed, Mr. Mortmain. But one cannot always say the same of the men who use them.”
“The seed of your next artwork lies embedded in the imperfections of your current piece. Such imperfections are your guides - valuable, objective, non-judgmental guides to matters you need to reconsider or develop further.”
“Calmly in the precious present, be a light for love and wisdom in the window on your world.”
“Is a gay play a play that has sex with other plays?”
“Peace is more than the absence of war. Peace is accord. Harmony.”
“It can be frightening to spend 5 weeks alone in a cabin in the wilderness. I was able to collect my thoughts and worked a lot - because I couldn't do anything else.”
“I looked back at the previous 10 years and realized I had spent 10 years trying to convince kids to behave Christianly without actually teaching them Christianity. And that was a pretty serious conviction. You can say, 'Hey kids, be more forgiving because the Bible says so,' or, 'Hey kids, be more kind because the Bible says so!' But that isn't Christianity, it's morality.”
“I think Google is the most successful attention merchant - profitable attention merchant in the history of the world, most successful advertising-only based company - most profitable. They started a very idealistic, beautiful company in many ways, but they didn't have a business model.”

Source : "How Free Web Content Traps People In An Abyss Of Ads And Clickbait". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. October 17, 2016.

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