"If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time."

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Marian Wright Edelman

#Change Quotes #Inspiring Quotes #Peace Quotes

“The best way to learn is by doing; never ask others to do what you're not willing to do yourself.”
“The creation of a world view is the work of a generation rather than of an individual, but we each of us, for better or for worse, add our brick to the edifice.”

Source : John Dos Passos (1970). “The theme is freedom”
“I was once all by myself in a house on Fire Island. Where I compared the original cast recordings of two different versions of The Wild Party. A helicopter should have descended and taken me away to a gay penal colony. But of course, I was already there.”
“I don't think there is such a thing as an intelligent mega-rich person. For who with a fine mind can look out upon this world and hoard what can nourish a thousand souls.”
“Happiness lies in the consciousness we have of it.”
“Let us think often that our only business in this life is to please God. Perhaps all besides is but folly and vanity.”
“Jazz, I mean, music will always move, because it can't become stagnant. Because if it becomes stagnant, it's like a river, it'll kill us all. It has to keep moving, music will always flow.”
“Youâ€™ve been here before. It wonâ€™t kill you. It feels like you canâ€™t breathe, but you actually are breathing. It feels like youâ€™ll never stop crying, but you actually will.”

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