"Spirituality which inspires activism and, similarly, politics which move the spirit - which draw from the deep-seated place of our greatest longings for freedom - give meaning to our lives."

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Source : Cherríe Moraga (1983). “Loving in the war years: lo que nunca pasó por sus labios”, South End Pr

Cherrie Moraga

#Moving Quotes #Giving Quotes #Inspire Quotes

“Of everything that man erects and builds in his urge for living nothing is in my eyes better and more valuable than bridges. They are more important than houses, more sacred than shrines. Belonging to everyone and being equal to everyone, useful, always built with a sense, on the spot where most human needs are crossing, they are more durable than other buildings and they do not serve for anything secret or bad.”
“You don't deploy forces into harm's way without knowing what's going on,”

Source : "Panetta: Unclear early info slowed Benghazi response". www.cbsnews.com. October 25, 2012.
“Why do we marry, why take friends and lovers? Why give ourselves to music, painting, chemistry or cooking? Out of simple delight in the resident goodness of creation, of course; but out of more than that, too. Half earth's gorgeousness lies hidden in the glimpsed city it longs to become.”
“When you write a book, you want to have fidelity to the character. Characters and their emotions guide the structure of the novel. The author is aware that there's a certain amount of information she/he has to provide in order to satisfy the reader, knowing that she/he has set something up that must be paid off, but this payment must be made while maintaining fidelity to the characters.”

Source : The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 23, 2014.
“A good bachelor drinks his dessert (and sometimes the rest of his meals). A sweet tooth is a danger signal that you're getting too much exercise and not enough cocktails.”
“Nine times out of ten we find reasons for everything going on that aren't paranormal.”
“When you have a position, you put it on for a reason, and you've got to keep it until the reason no longer exists.”
“I started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing.”

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