"Rebellions tend to be negative, to denounce and expose the enemy without providing a positive vision of a new future...A revolution is not just for the purpose of correcting past injustices, a revolution involves a projection of man/woman into the future...It begins with projecting the notion of a more human human being, i.e. a human being who is more advanced in the specific qualities which only human beings have - creativity, consciousness and self-consciousness, a sense of political and social responsibility."

Source : "Revolution and Evolution in the Twentieth Century". Book by Grace Lee Boggs, James Boggs, billmoyers.com. 1974.

Grace Lee Boggs

#Creativity Quotes #Responsibility Quotes #Past Quotes

“So, weâ€™ve got a problem,â€ I said. â€œWhat?â€ Lend yelled. â€œWeâ€™ve got a problem!â€ I shouted. â€œNo, I heard that. I mean, whatâ€™s the problem now?”
“I don't like to practice; I like spontaneity. When I don't play guitar for a week and I pick it up again, I play better.”

Source : "KISS's Ace Frehley Tells All (Or Some?) in Advance of Upcoming Memoir". Interview with Jaan Uhelszki, www.themortonreport.com. August 05, 2011.
“It is time for us Arabs and Muslims to formulate a committee of wise persons to bear the responsibility of engaging with this new American century.”

Source : Interview with Samina Ibrahim, newslinemagazine.com. May 2003.
“Itâ€™s not about the dress you wear, but itâ€™s about the life you lead in the dress.”
“You are His disciple; you are His friend. Â By His grace He will do for you what you cannot do for yourself.”
“I always like to think I'm having a dinner party, and I'm the host, and the audience are my guests.”
“There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.”
“Grandparents are there to help the child get into mischief they haven't thought of yet.”

Source : Gene Perret (2001). “Grandchildren Are So Much Fun We Should Have Had Them First”, Arizona Highways

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