"Our primary identity has become that of being consumers â€“ not mothers, teachers, or farmers, but of consumers. We shop and shop and shop."

-- Annie Leonard

#Mother Quotes #Teacher Quotes #Identity Quotes

“Ultimately the product that any writer has to sell is not the subject being written about, but who he or she is.”

Source : William Zinsser (2012). “On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction”, p.5, Harper Collins
“Modern techniques have torn down state frontiers, both economical and intellectual. The growth of means of transport has created a world market and an opportunity for division of labor embracing all the developed and most of the undeveloped states.”
“In other countries they speak of nobility and courtesy, in London they practise it.”
“Time is the most precious gift in our possession, for it is the most irrevocable. This is what makes it so disturbing to look back upon the time which we have lost. Time lost is time when we have not lived a full human life, time unenriched by experience, creative endeavor, enjoyment, and suffering. Time lost is time not filled, time left empty.”
“When you're writing a screenplay every scene needs to change from positive to negative, or negative to positive, and constantly trying to change the values of the movie.”
“My ego is controlled enough that I don't have to be the focus.”
“When Allah inspires your tongue to ask, know that He wants to give”
“I cannot remember a time when I was not getting into fights.”

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