"Reach for the heavens, and hope for the future, and all that will be, not what we are."

-- John Denver

#Inspirational Quotes #Heaven Quotes #Hope For The Future Quotes

“We are not anti-American. we do not dislike Americans though we abhor American imperialism in all its manifestations. But then, so do many Americans. Many of them have said that even more forthrightly than we have, and many of them have suffered more than any of us for their plain speaking.”

Source : Tommy Douglas' speech at NDP National Convention in Ottawa, Ontario, April 21, 1971.
“Long before I became a feminist in any explicit way, I had turned from writing love stories about women in which women were losers, and adventure stories about men in which the men were winners, to writing adventure stories about a woman in which the woman won. It was one of the hardest things I ever did in my life.”

Source : Joanna Russ (2005). “The Two of Them”, p.8, Wesleyan University Press
“It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a Hospital that it should do the sick no harm. It is quite necessary nevertheless to lay down such a principle ...”
“Contrast of emotions is definitely something interesting that you like to do as an actor.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The art of living is to enjoy what we can see and not complain about what remains in the dark.”
“People will buy anything at jumble sales,' I said. 'At the Evacuated Children Charity Fair a woman bought a tree branch that had fallen on the table.”
“Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.”

Source : "A Toolbox for Humanity: More Than 9000 Years of Thought". Book by Lloyd Albert Johnson, 2003.
“Being classically trained gave me the real foundation for music. It's so important in my life. Why was I influenced by all these styles of music? Because it gave me a sense of freedom. It made me feel like I could put my hand in a colored bag and pull out a different colored candy and have fun with it.”

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