"There is no such thing as being non-political. Just by making a decision to stay out of politics you are making the decision to allow others to shape politics and exert power over you. And if you are alienated from the current political system, then just by staying out of it you do nothing to change it, you simply entrench it."

-- Joan Kirner

#Inspiring Quotes #Empowering Quotes #Decision Quotes

“People are always surprised at what a nice guy I am.”
“Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality.”

Source : Hirabayashi v. United States, 320 U.S. 81, (100), 1943.
“It is indeed remarkable that the nature of our dealings with our fellowmen will determine, in large measure, our status in the kingdom of heaven....We may attend to rites and rituals and yet overlook the weightier matters such as brotherly kindness, honesty, mercy, virtue, and integrity. Let us never forget that if we omit them from our lives we may be found unworthy to come into His presence.”

Source : Letter to Sisters at Saint Mary's, 1848.
“Of course I am grateful, and I'm sure you are, as you put it, a special vintage," Bill said politely, "But I have my own wine cellar.”
“Upon accepting her Oscar for "Julia," 1978: "My dear colleagues, I thank you very very much for this tribute to my work. I think that Jane Fonda and I have done the best work of our lives, and I salute you and I pay tribute to you, and I think you should.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I've taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art.”
“Spontaneity is such an entertaining facet of show business.”
“I am not a painter. I am a poet. / Why? I think I would rather be / a painter, but I am not.”

Source : Frank O'Hara (1995). “The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara”, p.261, Univ of California Press

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